Director: Masud Kimiai
Cast: Mohammad Reza Foroutan, Mitra Hajjar, Enayat Bakhshi, Kianush Gerami, Akbar Moazezi
Faryad is a 1999 Iranian drama film directed by Masud Kimiai, set in the sun-baked south of Iran. The story unfolds around a territorial conflict between two working-class men whose simmering rivalry spirals into tragedy, pulling their families into a cycle of vengeance and grief.
What is Faryad about?
Sohrab is a man with a modest ambition: carve out an honest livelihood in the rough port neighborhoods of southern Iran. Standing in his way is Farough, a garage owner who guards his turf with an iron will and refuses to let Sohrab establish any independent work. Their confrontation grows increasingly volatile until a violent clash ends with Farough collapsing from a heart attack. His death, however, is only the beginning. Farough's brothers regard the incident as a blood debt and set out to settle the score, drawing Sohrab and those closest to him into an escalating feud that threatens to consume everyone involved.
Cast & crew
Masud Kimiai, a defining voice of Iranian cinema since the late 1960s, directs with his signature feel for working-class southern Iran. Mohammad Reza Foroutan leads as Sohrab, bringing raw intensity to the role. Mitra Hajjar, Enayat Bakhshi, and Poulad Kimiayi round out a cast drawn from the strong tradition of Iranian dramatic performance.
Context & significance
Kimiai built his reputation on stories of honor, pride, and street-level justice in Iran's south — a world of docks, garages, and dust-covered alleys where codes of conduct run older than the law. Faryad fits squarely in that lineage, echoing the mood of his earlier classics while channeling the social pressures of late-1990s Iran. For diaspora viewers, the film offers a window into a recognizable cultural grammar: male pride, familial obligation, and the cost of refusing to back down. The drama is shaped not by melodrama but by the slow pressure of circumstance.
Where & how to watch
Faryad is available on K-Time in its original Persian audio. Watch on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and cancel anytime.