Director: Reza Keshavarz Haddad
Cast: Shahram Haghighat Doost, Abbas Jamshidifar, Alireza Ara, Danial Jafari
Baghe Kianoush is a 2024 Iranian drama-adventure film directed by Reza Keshavarz Haddad, blending family warmth and wartime fantasy in a story that unfolds across a single extraordinary day in a garden, streaming in Persian on K-Time.
What is Baghe Kianoush about?
On the day of a wedding celebration, two men named Hamzeh and Abbas make a bold move to enter the orchard belonging to the son of Kianoush, setting off a chain of unexpected events. What begins as a local dispute turns far larger when an Iraqi military bomber goes down near the garden. The sudden arrival of the plane's pilot inside the walls of Bagh Kianoush brings strangers into the same space, forcing very different people to share one afternoon in ways no one had planned. The film holds its most surprising turns in reserve, letting the story breathe through character and place.
Cast & crew
The film is directed by Reza Keshavarz Haddad and features a cast of accomplished Iranian actors. Shahram Haghighat Doost, a veteran of Iranian cinema, leads alongside Abbas Jamshidifar and Alireza Ara, whose experience spans both film and television. Danial Jafari rounds out the principal ensemble, bringing a younger generation's energy to the story.
Context & significance
Films set against the backdrop of the Iran-Iraq War era occupy a meaningful place in Persian cinema, and Baghe Kianoush approaches that period from an unexpected angle — the garden, the wedding, the ordinary interrupted by history falling from the sky. For diaspora viewers who grew up with family stories of that time, the setting carries weight that needs no explanation. The film's genre mix of drama, adventure, and family resonates with a long tradition of Iranian storytelling that finds the universal inside the deeply local. Running at 110 minutes, it asks for patience and rewards it with a story grounded in place and people rather than spectacle.
Where & how to watch
Baghe Kianoush is available in its original Persian-language audio on K-Time. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, cancel anytime.