Director: Esmaeil Puorsaeid
Cast: Manochehr Vosogh, Yadolah Shirandami, Haleh Nazari, Jalal Pishvaiyan, Mastaneh Jazayeri
Angoshtnama is a 1975 Iranian drama film directed by Esmaeil Puorsaeid, starring Manochehr Vosogh in a story of friendship, love, and the interference of debt and rivalry in a young man's plans for marriage and a new life.
What is Angoshtnama about?
Hojjat and Ateffe share a long friendship with a clear agreement: once Hojjat finds the woman he wants to marry, their closeness will naturally come to an end. He falls for Masoomeh and a wedding begins to take shape. But Ghasem, a man with a grudge and a debt claim against Masoomeh's father Ismaeil, chooses the worst possible moment to enforce that claim — having the older man imprisoned. Forced to scramble for the money to free his future father-in-law, Hojjat finds himself cornered at every turn, while Ghasem works deliberately behind the scenes to drive the couple apart and see the engagement collapse before it can reach the altar.
Cast & crew
Manochehr Vosogh, one of pre-revolutionary Iranian cinema's most commanding leading men, anchors the film as Hojjat. Hale Nazari plays Masoomeh with quiet dignity, while Jalal Pishvaiyan brings a cold, calculating edge to the antagonist Ghasem. The supporting cast includes Yadolah Shirandami, Mastaneh Jazayeri, Tahere Afari, and Parvin Soleymani, all veterans of the era's popular drama circuit.
Context & significance
Made in 1975, just a few years before the revolution reshaped Iranian society and its cinema, Angoshtnama belongs to a tradition of socially grounded melodramas that explored class pressure, debt, and family honour in urban settings. For diaspora viewers who grew up watching Vosogh on screen or who inherited that culture from their parents, the film carries a strong sense of a world frozen in time — the Tehran of the mid-1970s, with its anxieties around respectability and economic vulnerability. Watching it today is as much an act of cultural memory as it is entertainment, a window into the texture of everyday life before everything changed.
Where & how to watch
Angoshtnama is available on K-Time with the original Persian audio. Stream it on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, and no extra download needed. Start watching anytime and cancel anytime.