Director: mehdi khosravi
Cast: Javad Ezati, niusha zeyghami, Kamran Tafti, Mehran Rajabi, Hesam Navab Safavi
Hafte Makus is a 2014 Iranian drama directed by Mehdi Khosravi, exploring the weight of social pressures on ordinary people navigating difficult moral terrain. Starring Javad Ezati, Niusha Zeyghami, and Kamran Tafti, the film runs 89 minutes and offers an unflinching portrait of urban Iranian life.
What is Hafte Makus about?
A week turns inside out for a group of characters whose lives intersect under mounting pressure. As personal crises accumulate and choices narrow, each person must reckon with what they are willing to sacrifice and what lines they refuse to cross. The film traces the ripple effects of one charged situation across multiple households, revealing how quickly the ordinary can fracture. Khosravi keeps the pacing deliberate, letting tensions build quietly before they break — all without signaling who will emerge intact.
Cast & crew
Javad Ezati, one of contemporary Iranian cinema's most reliably grounded performers, anchors the ensemble with characteristic restraint. Niusha Zeyghami brings emotional precision to a role that requires navigating between vulnerability and resolve. Kamran Tafti and Mehran Rajabi round out a cast that keeps the drama rooted in recognizable human behavior, while Hesam Navab Safavi provides a counterweight presence that unsettles the group dynamic.
Context & significance
Iranian social dramas of the 2010s occupied a distinct space in world cinema — intimate in scale, but dense with the pressures of a society where private life and public expectation constantly collide. Hafte Makus fits squarely in that tradition, offering diaspora viewers both familiarity and distance. For Iranians living abroad, films like this function as a kind of memory — a reminder of the textures of daily life in Tehran that official narratives rarely capture. The film speaks to universal themes of loyalty, pressure, and moral compromise without requiring insider knowledge to feel their force.
Where & how to watch
Hafte Makus is available to stream on K-Time in original Persian audio. Watch on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no extra download required, no VPN needed, and no geo-blocking. A K-Time subscription includes the full catalog, with the option to cancel anytime.