Director: Luca Guadagnino
Cast: Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg, Chloë Sevigny
After the Hunt is a 2025 American drama-thriller directed by Luca Guadagnino, starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, and Andrew Garfield. Set in the charged atmosphere of an elite American university, it examines power, complicity, and how quickly the ground shifts beneath those who believe they stand on solid moral footing.
What is After The Hunt about?
Dr. Mariam, a tenured literature professor at a prestigious campus, has spent two decades building an unimpeachable reputation. When one of her most gifted students comes forward with a serious allegation against a senior colleague and close friend, Mariam is pulled into the center of an institutional storm she cannot navigate from the sidelines. Forced to choose between loyalty, protocol, and her own conscience, she begins to sense that the inquiry may illuminate a chapter of her personal past that she has long kept sealed. As rival factions form among faculty and students alike, the line between advocate and defendant blurs, and Mariam must decide what she is willing to risk — and what she can no longer afford to protect.
Cast & crew
Luca Guadagnino, the Italian-American filmmaker known for his acutely sensory storytelling, directs this institutionally grounded drama with characteristically sharp attention to atmosphere. Julia Roberts leads as Dr. Mariam, bringing the controlled anxiety of a woman managing competing allegiances. Ayo Edebiri plays the student whose disclosure sets the plot in motion, while Andrew Garfield and Michael Stuhlbarg fill out the faculty with watchable menace and ambiguity.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking and Iranian-diaspora viewers, campus power dramas carry a particular resonance. Stories about academic institutions, hidden privilege, and the cost of speaking out against well-connected figures speak to experiences familiar to many who have studied or worked within demanding hierarchical systems. After the Hunt arrives with a Guadagnino pedigree — the director responsible for the internationally discussed Call Me by Your Name and Challengers — lending it both critical weight and genuine prestige-drama craft. The film is available on K-Time with a full Persian dub as well as Persian subtitles, meaning viewers can enjoy it in the language of their choice without friction.
Where & how to watch
After the Hunt is available on K-Time now, with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles both included. Stream it on your web browser, your TV, or your phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, and you can cancel anytime.