Director: Afshin Atri

Cast: Atash Taghipour, Nader Dahim, Ramin Parchami

Eblise Mehraban is a 2025 Iranian comedy-family film directed by Afshin Atri, following a kindhearted demon named Lucifer who must venture into the human world and corrupt people to pass her university exams — only to find that being genuinely good-natured makes her mission nearly impossible.

What is Eblise Mehraban about?

At the University of Demons, passing your final exam is not a matter of memorizing textbooks — you have to go out into the world and actually mislead real human beings. Lucifer, one of the school's students, is assigned exactly this task. The catch: she is warm, well-meaning, and constitutionally incapable of cruelty. As she moves through ordinary Iranian society trying to fulfill her academic obligation, every scheme she hatches backfires because of her own gentle impulses. The comedy unfolds as the gap between what she is supposed to be and who she actually is grows wider with each failed attempt, drawing both the people around her and the audience into an increasingly absurd situation that asks, with a light touch, what it really means to be good.

Cast & crew

Afshin Atri directs with a light comedic touch suited to family audiences. Atash Taghipour leads as Lucifer, carrying the film's central comic tension between devilish duty and genuine warmth. Nader Dahim and Ramin Parchami round out the cast in supporting roles, adding texture to the human world Lucifer stumbles through.

Context & significance

Iranian comedy-family cinema has a long tradition of using fantastical premises — angels, djinn, demons — to explore everyday moral questions in ways that feel accessible to all ages. Eblise Mehraban sits squarely in that lineage, taking an otherworldly fish-out-of-water setup and grounding it in recognizable Iranian social textures. For diaspora viewers, this genre offers a particular comfort: the humor is culturally specific, rooted in Persian idiom and social dynamics, without requiring any prior knowledge of the fantasy premise. The film is also a gentle reminder that kindness tends to disrupt the worst-laid plans — a theme that resonates whether you are watching from Tehran or Toronto.

Where & how to watch

Eblise Mehraban is available on K-Time in its original Persian audio. Stream it on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no geo-blocking, no VPN required. Start a subscription and cancel anytime.