Director: Mehdi Fakhimzadeh

Cast: Hadi Eslami, Jafar Vali, Mehdi Fakhimzadeh, Parviz Pourhosseini, Mostafa Tari

Bahar dar Paiyz (Spring in Autumn) is a 1987 Iranian drama-war film directed by Mehdi Fakhimzadeh, set against the devastating backdrop of the Iran-Iraq War. It follows four orphaned brothers who return to their bombed hometown to find their family home in ruins and must forge a new path together amid loss and uncertainty.

What is Bahar dar Paiyz about?

When aerial bombardment kills their parents without a trace of remains, four brothers — Hadi, Jafar, Hassan, and Jalal — make their way back to the town where they grew up. Arriving amid rubble and displacement, they confront not only the physical destruction of their childhood home but also the emotional weight of grief with no grave to mourn at. Each brother carries the trauma differently, and the film quietly observes how the bonds between siblings become the last anchor when war strips away everything else. The story unfolds with restraint, letting the devastated landscape speak as much as the characters themselves.

Cast & crew

Director Mehdi Fakhimzadeh also appears in front of the camera, a dual role that gives the film an intimate, personal quality. Hadi Eslami and Jafar Vali lead as the eldest brothers, grounding the drama in quiet, physical performances. Parviz Pourhosseini and Ferdows Kaviyani round out an ensemble that brings collective authenticity to the wartime family portrait.

Context & significance

Made during the final years of the Iran-Iraq War, Bahar dar Paiyz belongs to a generation of Iranian cinema that documented the human cost of the conflict from the inside — not through battlefield spectacle but through what war leaves behind for ordinary families. For diaspora viewers who lived through that era or grew up hearing their parents describe it, the film carries a particular emotional weight. It captures a grief that was often private and unspoken: loss without a body, mourning without a ceremony. As a family drama embedded within wartime, it resonates with Persian-speaking audiences who understand how conflict reshapes kinship and forces the young to become adults before their time.

Where & how to watch

Bahar dar Paiyz is available to stream on K-Time in original Persian audio. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and you can cancel anytime.