Director: Amir Hossein Saghafi
Cast: Saber Abar, Saed Soheili, Mazdak Mirabedini
Hamechiz Baraye Foroosh is a 2014 Iranian drama film directed by Amir Hossein Saghafi, running 83 minutes. It follows two brothers — one gravely hurt, the other pushed to desperate measures — in a raw story about sacrifice, debt, and the limits of brotherhood in modern Tehran.
What is Hamechiz Baraye Foroosh about?
When a stadium accident leaves a young man with injuries requiring urgent surgery, his family faces an impossible financial burden. His older brother steps into the city's shadow economy, taking on risks that escalate far beyond what he anticipated. With medical bills mounting and time running short, he navigates loan sharks, odd jobs, and moral compromises — each one narrowing his options. The film stays close to everyday Tehran life, showing how quickly a working-class family can be cornered by circumstance, and how love can push someone well past the boundaries of the law or safety.
Cast & crew
Director Amir Hossein Saghafi brings an intimate, low-key sensibility to the material. Saber Abar leads the cast as the older brother, anchoring the film's emotional core with restrained naturalism. Saed Soheili and Mazdak Mirabedini round out the principal roles, contributing grounded performances that keep the drama rooted in recognizable human behavior rather than melodrama.
Context & significance
Films centred on economic desperation and family loyalty have a long tradition in Iranian social cinema, from the New Wave through to contemporary festival entries. Hamechiz Baraye Foroosh sits in that lineage of quiet, realist dramas that examine how systemic pressures — hospital costs, informal credit, lack of safety nets — fall hardest on ordinary families. For diaspora viewers, it reflects a Tehran many remember: bustling, precarious, and held together by kinship. The title, meaning roughly "Everything for Sale", frames the story as a commentary on commodification of care — what a person must sell, risk, or surrender simply to keep a brother alive.
Where & how to watch
Hamechiz Baraye Foroosh is available on K-Time with original Persian audio. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and you can cancel anytime. No extra download required.