Director: Alireza Amini
Cast: Behshad Sharifian, Hamed Behdad, Hediyeh Tehrani, Khatereh Asadi, Mohsen Tanabandeh
Haft Daghighe Ta Paeez is a 2010 Iranian drama and mystery film directed by Alireza Amini, running 90 minutes and featuring an ensemble cast led by Hediyeh Tehrani and Hamed Behdad. The film examines how pressure from financial strain, work obligations, and family conflict can quietly erode a marriage.
What is Haft Daghighe Ta Paeez about?
Mitra and Nima are a married couple doing their best to hold things together despite mounting money pressures and the daily friction of working life. Their fragile equilibrium is disrupted when Mitra's sister Maryam arrives unexpectedly, fleeing a troubled marriage of her own. Her sudden presence forces Mitra and Nima to confront questions they had long set aside: whose side are they on, what do they owe each other, and how much strain can a relationship absorb before it breaks? The arrival of an outside crisis becomes a mirror that reflects the cracks already present in their own household, and both partners must decide what they are willing to salvage.
Cast & crew
The film is directed by Alireza Amini and features Hediyeh Tehrani, one of Iran's most recognized screen performers, alongside Hamed Behdad, Behshad Sharifian, Khatereh Asadi, and Mohsen Tanabandeh. Each actor brings a grounded, naturalistic quality to their role, lending the domestic conflict an authenticity that keeps the tension credible throughout.
Context & significance
Iranian domestic dramas have a long tradition of using the private space of the family home as a stage for examining broader social pressures — financial insecurity, gender expectations, loyalty, and silence. Haft Daghighe Ta Paeez sits within that lineage. For diaspora viewers who have navigated the challenge of sustaining relationships across cultural and economic pressures, the film's portrait of a couple under strain will feel familiar and quietly resonant. The mystery elements add an undercurrent of unease to what might otherwise read as a straightforward family story, keeping the viewer alert to what is being left unsaid.
Where & how to watch
Haft Daghighe Ta Paeez is available to stream on K-Time in original Persian audio. Watch on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, cancel anytime.