Director: Nosratollah Ghazi Maghadam
Cast: Siavash Tahmoures, Shahrzad Rokham, Mahvash Vaghari, Mohsen Ghazi Moradi, Majid Moshiri
Gerogane Dotarafe is a 2013 Iranian comedy-drama film directed by Nosratollah Ghazi Maghadam, running 79 minutes. A domestic farce built around a hapless engineer whose small deception spirals into a cascade of embarrassing revelations, the film leans into warmly familiar family dynamics.
What is Gerogane Dotarafe about?
An engineer makes a careless blunder when he tries to pass off a second-hand car as practically worthless, hoping to avoid scrutiny. While venting to the local mechanic shop owner, he inadvertently lets slip the existence of a second wife. What began as a minor financial maneuver quickly unravels into a domestic crisis as layers of secrecy peel back one by one. The film follows the engineer's increasingly frantic attempts to contain the fallout, as the people around him — family members, neighbors, and acquaintances — each discover pieces of a puzzle he desperately wants to keep hidden. Comedy of errors meets family drama as misunderstandings pile up and escape routes close off.
Cast & crew
Director Nosratollah Ghazi Maghadam helms this domestic comedy with an ensemble that includes Siavash Tahmoures and Shahrzad Rokham in central roles, supported by Mahvash Vaghari, Mohsen Ghazi Moradi, Majid Moshiri, Sousan Parvar, and Leila Boushehri. The cast brings seasoned experience to a script that depends on timing and expressive physical comedy.
Context & significance
Iranian domestic comedies of the 2010s frequently drew on the tensions between modern urban life and traditional family expectations — the pressure of appearances, the weight of unspoken secrets, and the absurdity that erupts when private lives meet public scrutiny. Gerogane Dotarafe sits firmly in this tradition, presenting a scenario that diaspora audiences recognize instantly: the well-meaning but self-defeating husband navigating a web of his own making. For Persian-speaking viewers abroad, films like this carry an additional charge of nostalgia, reflecting the everyday social fabric of Iranian middle-class life with humor that needs no translation.
Where & how to watch
Gerogane Dotarafe is available on K-Time with original Persian audio. Watch on the web browser, a connected TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, cancel anytime.