Two androids, a handful of human embryos and an empty planet: Raised by Wolves starts from that spare setup and turns it into a science-fiction drama about parenthood, belief and survival. The 2020 American series, credited to Aaron Guzikowski, is available on K-Time with both a Persian dub and Persian subtitles.
What is Raised by Wolves about?
Earth has been wrecked by a vast religious war. Before the end, an atheist android designer sends two of his creations, known simply as Mother and Father, to the planet Kepler-22b with one job: raise human children far from any faith and build a peaceful colony without gods. The work is dangerous from the first day. The two caretakers have to learn what being a parent means while following a plan written by someone who is no longer beside them. Then the Mithraic arrive, a devout religious order made up of human survivors of the same war. Their presence puts the whole experiment at risk and raises a hard question about who has the right to bring up the next generation.
About the cast
The catalogue lists Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Niamh Algar, Travis Fimmel, Jordan Loughran, Matias Varela and Felix Jamieson in the cast. It is an ensemble of eight named performers, which suits a story that moves between a small family unit and the larger group of colonists who threaten it. Aaron Guzikowski is the name credited behind the series.
Context & significance
Raised by Wolves is filed under four genres here: drama, fantasy, sci-fi and thriller. The setting is pure science fiction, with androids, space travel and a distant planet, while the central conflict is a very old one between belief and unbelief. The premise places the two camps side by side: the androids were sent by an atheist, the newcomers follow a religious order, and the children stand between two ways of seeing the world. Episodes run about 49 minutes each, so every chapter has room for both action and ideas. The series is an American production, and it will interest viewers who like science fiction built around questions of faith, family and what it takes to raise a child.
Watching Raised by Wolves on Ktime
Raised by Wolves streams on K-Time, a Persian-focused service made for the Iranian diaspora. Reading this page is free; to play the episodes you need to log in with a K-Time account. The interface is available in Farsi, and this title can be watched with the Persian dub or with Persian subtitles over the original audio.