Director: Hossein Hajgozar
Cast: Khatereh Hatami, Parastoo Salehi, Pourya Poursorkh, Ramin Parchami, Reza Rooygari
Be Vaghte Talagh is a 2023 Iranian drama film directed by Hossein Hajgozar, running 75 minutes and exploring the quiet fractures within marriage. Set against rain-soaked nights and cold, childless homes, it examines how two couples drift apart even while sharing the same physical space.
What is Be Vaghte Talagh about?
Shahrokh and Parvaneh are a couple whose domestic life has gone hollow. When fate brings them to a dream hotel on a rainy night, the controlled routines of their marriage begin to unravel. Shahrokh moves through the evening with a surface-level contentment that masks his growing vulnerability, while Parvaneh finds unexpected relief in the same downpour that unsettles him. What appears to be a brief escape from daily life becomes a moment of reckoning — old grievances and unspoken longings surface as the rain keeps falling. Hajgozar structures the story around atmosphere and silences as much as dialogue, letting the weight of the characters' choices press quietly against the viewer before the film reaches its close.
Cast & crew
Director Hossein Hajgozar, who also wrote the screenplay, steers a small ensemble with care. Khatereh Hatami and Parastoo Salehi anchor the film's emotional core with performances grounded in restraint, while Pourya Poursorkh, Ramin Parchami, and Reza Rooygari complete the ensemble, each offering a distinct shade of marital tension across the film's compact 75-minute runtime.
Context & significance
Iranian social dramas about marriage have occupied a vital space in the country's cinema for decades, from the intimate domestic studies of Abbas Kiarostami through to a younger generation of filmmakers who continue probing the pressure points of family life under modern constraints. Be Vaghte Talagh fits squarely into that lineage, favoring mood over spectacle and psychological honesty over melodrama. For diaspora viewers, films like this carry an additional resonance: they offer an unfiltered window into the emotional landscape of contemporary Iran, reflecting tensions around gender, expectation, and communication that many Persian-speaking families abroad recognize from their own experience or from the stories of relatives back home. At 75 minutes, it is a concentrated watch that rewards patience.
Where & how to watch
Be Vaghte Talagh is available on K-Time in its original Persian audio with Persian dubbing included. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN is needed, no geo-blocking applies, and you can cancel your subscription anytime.