BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022): Cast, Story & Where to Watch in Persian

Where can I watch BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths in Persian?

BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths streams on Ktime, the Persian streaming service built for the Iranian diaspora. It is available with Persian subtitles. You can watch it in any browser at ktime.app/app, on the native Android TV, Google TV and Fire TV app, on the Android phone app, in any IPTV player using your Xtream login, and on a Samsung or LG smart TV through Media Station X. No VPN is needed anywhere, including from inside Iran, and there is no geo-block to work around. Viewers inside Iran pay in USDT through the Telegram desk at t.me/KtimeSaleBot?start=film_page, and the /fa/iran page walks through every step. A paid plan covers one device at a time — a single stream — and you can switch between your TV, phone and laptop as often as you like at no extra cost. You can cancel at any time. It is a 2022 drama film from Mexico. The film is served from Ktime's own library rather than linked out to another service. Availability checked as of September 2026.

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Alejandro González Iñárritu returns to his home country for a sprawling, deeply personal drama-comedy that blurs memory, ego, and homeland into a single fevered journey.

What is BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths about?

Silverio, a celebrated journalist and documentary filmmaker who has spent years building a life in Los Angeles, is pulled back to Mexico after receiving a major international honor. What should be a straightforward trip becomes something stranger: old friendships resurface, family history presses in, and the line between what actually happened and what Silverio only imagines starts to dissolve. Iñárritu structures the film as a series of loosely connected episodes rather than a conventional plot, letting dream logic and waking life bleed into each other. The result is less a story with a beginning and end than a portrait of a man trying to reconcile who he was, who he has become, and what he owes to the country he left behind.

About the cast

Daniel Giménez Cacho carries the film as Silverio, working alongside Griselda Siciliani, Íker Sánchez Solano, and Ximena Lamadrid as the people closest to him. Luz Jiménez, Luis Couturier, Francisco Rubio, and Andrés Almeida round out an ensemble drawn largely from Mexican film and television.

Context & significance

BARDO arrived as Iñárritu's first film shot primarily in Mexico since his earliest features, following a run of English-language, U.S.-set work. Co-written with Nicolás Giacobone, it leans on surreal, dreamlike imagery to talk about identity, migration, and the particular unease of returning home as someone the place no longer quite recognizes. The comedy sits close to the drama throughout, giving even its heaviest passages room to breathe.

Watching BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths on Ktime

BARDO streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so viewers can watch in Farsi or follow the original Spanish with Farsi text. A free K-Time account, with the interface fully available in Farsi, is all that's needed to start watching.

Cast & crew

BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths is a 2022 drama film from Mexico. It was directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. The cast is led by Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Íker Sánchez Solano. It runs 160 minutes. These credits come from this title's own record in the Ktime catalogue, refreshed with every six-hour catalogue sync.

Director

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Cast

Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Íker Sánchez Solano, Ximena Lamadrid, Luz Jiménez, Luis Couturier, Francisco Rubio, Andrés Almeida

Country

Mexico

Year

2022

Runtime

160 min

Genre

Drama, Comedy

Frequently asked questions

What is BARDO about?

It follows a Mexican journalist and filmmaker who returns home after receiving an international award, and finds the trip unsettling long-held ideas about his identity and his past.

Who directed BARDO?

Alejandro González Iñárritu, working from a screenplay he co-wrote with Nicolás Giacobone.

Is BARDO available in Persian?

Yes, K-Time offers it with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles.

What genre is BARDO?

It's billed as a drama with strong comedic threads, told through an unconventional, dreamlike structure.

What year was BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths made?

BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths was released in 2022 and is available to stream in Persian on Ktime.