Director: Sajad Afsharian
Cast: Sajad Afsharian, Morteza Darvishzadeh, Saeed Zarei, Nikoo Bostani, Gilda Vishki
Harkasi Ya Rooz Mimirad Ya Shab (2022) is an Iranian theatre-film directed by Sajad Afsharian, running 86 minutes. The work is structured as a collage of short, loosely linked stories drawn from everyday Iranian experience, presented with the aesthetic sensibility of live stage performance.
What is Harkasi Ya Rooz Mimirad Ya Shab about?
The film weaves together a series of brief, self-contained episodes — each one drawn from a different corner of Iranian social life. The vignettes span intimate street-level encounters, romantic entanglements, and moments of confinement and conflict. No single narrative thread dominates; instead, the episodes accumulate into a mosaic portrait of daily existence. The connections between the individual stories remain implicit rather than explicit, allowing viewers to draw their own lines between the fragments. Characters appear and recede, each carrying a small slice of a larger, unspoken whole. The structure mirrors the rhythm and unpredictability of ordinary days.
Cast & crew
Sajad Afsharian, who also directs, leads the cast alongside Morteza Darvishzadeh, Saeed Zarei, Nikoo Bostani, and Gilda Vishki. Afsharian occupies both the creative and performance center of the production. The ensemble cast brings a theatrical register to their roles, reflecting the film's roots in stage work.
Context & significance
Theatre-film — a genre that records or reimagines a stage production for the screen — occupies a distinct place in Iranian cinema. Harkasi Ya Rooz Mimirad Ya Shab uses the collage form: a structure common in contemporary Iranian theatre that allows multiple short stories to coexist without forcing resolution. For diaspora viewers, the anthology format offers a familiar entry point into everyday Iranian settings and speech rhythms without requiring prior knowledge of the plot. The film's 2022 production date locates it within a particularly active period for Iranian stage and screen output, and its episodic structure has drawn attention from audiences interested in experimental formats.
Where & how to watch
Harkasi Ya Rooz Mimirad Ya Shab is available on K-Time with original Persian audio. You can watch on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, cancel anytime.