Director: Nima Hashemi
Cast: Sahra Asadollahi, Khashayar Rad, Shahin Taslimi, Ahmad Irandoost, Nima Shams
Anja Kasi Divoone Nist is a 2025 Iranian comedy film directed by Nima Hashemi, set inside the walls of a psychiatric institution where the boundary between sanity and absurdity blurs with every passing hour. Warm, irreverent, and full of surprises, it offers a fresh comedic take on life behind closed doors.
What is Anja Kasi Divoone Nist about?
Inside a bustling psychiatric care facility, a colorful cast of residents and staff go about their days with routines that are anything but ordinary. What looks from the outside like a place of order and calm turns out to be a hotbed of unexpected situations, misunderstandings, and human connection. As the staff try to manage the unpredictable residents, and the residents try to make sense of the world around them, a series of peculiar incidents unfolds that challenges everyone's assumptions about what it means to be 'normal.' The film keeps its humor grounded in warmth rather than mockery, finding comedy in the shared human need to belong and be understood.
Cast & crew
Director Nima Hashemi leads an ensemble that includes Sahra Asadollahi and Khashayar Rad in prominent roles, supported by Shahin Taslimi, Ahmad Irandoost, Nima Shams, Hasan Asadi, and Saghi Zinati. The cast brings energy and distinctiveness to each character, ensuring the institution's eclectic community feels lived-in and genuine.
Context & significance
Iranian comedy films occupy a beloved corner of Persian cinema, often using confined or unconventional settings to hold up a mirror to society. A story set in a psychiatric institution carries a long tradition in world cinema of examining social norms through the lens of those deemed outsiders. For diaspora viewers, films like this offer a familiar warmth — the sharp wit, the ensemble banter, the unspoken commentary on conformity — that connects directly to a shared cultural sense of humor. Hashemi's choice of a family-friendly tone means the film reaches across generations, making it equally enjoyable for parents and adult children watching together.
Where & how to watch
Anja Kasi Divoone Nist is available on K-Time with a Persian dub, so you can enjoy it fully in Farsi. Stream on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no geo-blocking, no VPN needed. Subscribe and cancel anytime.