Director: Bahram Afshari

Cast: Bahram Afshari, Hootan Shakiba, Elahe Hesari, Sadaf espahbodi, Hossein Pakdel

Haftad Si is a 2024 Iranian comedy-drama film written and directed by Bahram Afshari, who also stars in the lead role. Set inside a shared residential complex, the film follows a middle-aged man navigating the comic tensions of apartment life — a celebration of ordinary families, their quirks, and the warm disorder of living side by side.

What is Haftad Si about?

Barat is a man firmly planted in middle age, sharing a condominium building with his wife, his adult son, and a brother-in-law whose presence is an endless source of friction and affection in equal measure. The building's other residents — each with their own routines, grievances, and small dreams — become unwilling participants in a neighborhood lottery that sets off an unexpected chain of events. As the prospect of winning reshapes everyone's behavior and alliances, old grudges surface, loyalties shift, and the fragile social fabric of the building is stretched to its limits. What unfolds is a warm, sharply observed portrait of middle-class Iranian domesticity — the absurdity of shared walls, borrowed sugar, and the impossible negotiations of close quarters.

Cast & crew

Bahram Afshari, who also directed the film, plays Barat with a grounded, self-deprecating warmth that anchors the ensemble. Hootan Shakiba and Elahe Hesari bring comedic chemistry as two of the building's memorable residents. Hossein Pakdel and Nahid Moslemi round out a cast of familiar Iranian screen faces, each carving out a distinct character within the building's close-knit world.

Context & significance

Iranian apartment comedies have long been a staple of popular cinema — a genre rooted in the reality that millions of Iranians live in dense urban buildings where boundaries between private and communal life are constantly blurred. Haftad Si follows in that tradition, using the lottery as a device to expose the social contracts — spoken and unspoken — that hold neighbors together or pull them apart. For diaspora viewers, the film offers something beyond nostalgia: a reminder of the texture of everyday Iranian life, the humor embedded in proximity, and the way ordinary people handle sudden possibility. At 103 minutes, it moves at a comfortable pace without overstaying its welcome.

Where & how to watch

Haftad Si is available on K-Time in its original Persian audio. You can stream it directly in your browser, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Start watching today and cancel anytime.