Director: Hannah Pearl Utt
A struggling songwriter boards a flight to Portland convinced she can fix what a phone call could not, and that gamble drives Cora Bora, director Hannah Pearl Utt's 2024 comedy-drama.
What is Cora Bora about?
Cora, a musician whose career has stalled well short of her ambitions, senses her open relationship with her girlfriend is quietly falling apart from a distance. Rather than wait it out, she flies back to Portland to confront the situation in person. What she finds is messier than a simple reunion: old friendships, unresolved habits, and a sense that her music and her personal life have both been neglected for the same reasons. The trip becomes less about winning someone back and more about facing the parts of her life she has been avoiding for years.
Cast & crew
Megan Stalter leads as Cora, opposite Jojo T. Gibbs, Manny Jacinto, Ayden Mayeri, Thomas Mann, Chrissie Fit, Andre Hyland, and Heather Morris, rounding out a Portland-set ensemble that leans into awkward, lived-in comedy.
Context & significance
Hannah Pearl Utt directs the film, which arrived in 2024 as part of a wave of low-budget American comedies centered on musicians navigating adulthood on their own terms. At 92 minutes, it stays tightly focused on Cora's single trip rather than sprawling into a wider ensemble story, keeping the pace brisk and the tone consistently wry. Critics who caught it on the festival circuit noted the film's willingness to let its main character be genuinely difficult rather than softening her for easy sympathy, which sets it apart from more conventional homecoming comedies released the same year.
Where & how to watch
Cora Bora is available to watch on K-Time with a free account login. The page itself is free to read without signing in, and K-Time's Farsi-first interface makes it easy for Persian-speaking viewers to browse alongside English-language titles like this one. Subtitles and audio options can be checked on the watch page once you sign in, and the same account works across phones, tablets, and living-room screens.