Director: Seyyed Ali Hashemi
Cast: Amir Hossein Arman, Yekta Naser, Anne-Marie Salameh, Mahya Dehghani, Kourosh Soleimani
Hezartooiranian is an Iranian drama-crime film directed by Seyyed Ali Hashemi, running 46 minutes and blending family dynamics with the shadowy mechanics of hidden power. Set against the deceptively calm surface of an ordinary city, it draws viewers into a web of covert relationships and concealed ambitions.
What is Hezartooiranian about?
Beneath the quiet rhythms of daily life in an Iranian city, a set of clandestine power arrangements operates largely out of sight. The film follows characters whose outward lives appear unremarkable but who are bound together by alliances, secrets, and competing interests none of them can afford to expose. As trust erodes and loyalties shift, the stakes grow personal rather than merely political, pulling family members into conflicts they did not choose. The story builds tension steadily without relying on conventional thriller mechanics, instead grounding its danger in the texture of ordinary relationships pushed past their breaking point.
Cast & crew
Director Seyyed Ali Hashemi leads a cast anchored by Amir Hossein Arman and Yekta Naser in central roles, supported by Anne-Marie Salameh, Mahya Dehghani, Soleimani, Kaveh Khodashenas, Siavash Cheraghi Pour, and Bahram Ebrahimi. The ensemble brings a range of registers — domestic warmth alongside quiet menace — that suits the film's dual genre footing.
Context & significance
Iranian crime-drama has a long tradition of embedding social critique inside genre frameworks, and Hezartooiranian sits within that lineage by using the trappings of a power thriller to examine how authority filters down into family life. For diaspora viewers, that tension between public order and private loyalty carries a familiar weight: the film speaks to the lived experience of navigating systems where the official and the unofficial rarely align. Its compact runtime makes it accessible as a one-sitting watch, while the drama-family crossover ensures it resonates beyond genre fans to anyone interested in how ordinary people survive extraordinary pressures.
Where & how to watch
Hezartooiranian is available on K-Time with Persian audio — no dubbing step needed, as the film is originally in Persian. Stream it on the web, on your TV, or on your phone with no VPN required and no geo-blocking. Subscription includes cancel-anytime flexibility.