Director: Ali Jabarzadeh
Cast: Nima ShabanNejad, Roshanak Gerami, Hooman Hajabdollahi, Reza Davoudnejad, Jamshid Hashempour
Ghermeze Yavash is a 2026 Iranian action-comedy film directed by Ali Jabarzadeh, blending fish-out-of-water comedy with street-level adventure as a Russian woman's search for her missing father pulls her deep into the chaotic energy of south Tehran's back alleys.
What is Ghermeze Yavash about?
When a young Russian woman learns that her father has vanished somewhere in Iran, she boards a plane with little more than a name and a photograph, determined to find answers in an unfamiliar city. Her careful plan unravels almost immediately when she crosses paths with a fast-talking local from the southern districts of Tehran — a young man who is both her reluctant guide and her biggest complication. What begins as a pragmatic alliance quickly spirals into an unexpected series of misadventures, pulling them both through corners of the city that neither of them fully controls. The film builds its comedy from the collision of two very different worlds: her composed determination and his improvised survival instincts.
Cast & crew
Director Ali Jabarzadeh leads a broad ensemble anchored by Nima ShabanNejad and Roshanak Gerami in the central pairing at the heart of the film's comedy. The supporting cast features seasoned Iranian cinema and television performers including Hooman Hajabdollahi, Reza Davoudnejad, and the veteran Jamshid Hashempour, whose presence adds weight to the south-Tehran setting. Siavash Cheraghipour, Kazem Nourbakhsh, and Mahya Dehghani round out the ensemble.
Context & significance
South Tehran as a cinematic backdrop carries a particular charge in Iranian popular film — it represents a rawer, louder register of urban life, a world the polished north-city rarely encounters. Ghermeze Yavash leans into that contrast by introducing a foreign protagonist who must navigate it without a map. For diaspora viewers who grew up in or around Tehran, the geography alone carries nostalgia; for those born abroad, the film offers a comedic window into a side of the city that rarely reaches international screens. The action-comedy hybrid has a long tradition in Persian commercial cinema, and this film updates it with a cross-cultural premise that speaks directly to the Iranian experience of living between worlds.
Where & how to watch
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