Director: Brian Crano, David Joseph Craig

Cast: Andrew Rannells, Nick Kroll, Nunzia Schiano, Morgan Spector, Eleonora Romandini

I Don't Understand You is a 2025 American comedy-horror film directed by Brian Crano and David Joseph Craig, starring Andrew Rannells, Nick Kroll, and Amanda Seyfried. Set against the sun-drenched backdrop of rural Italy, this darkly comic film follows a couple whose unraveling relationship collides with cultural chaos and mounting dread.

What is I Don't Understand You about?

Two American men travel to the Italian countryside hoping a vacation will patch the cracks in their partnership and move their adoption plans forward. Cut off from familiar comforts — no car, no shared language with the locals, and no easy escape — they quickly discover that distance from home does nothing to silence the tensions they brought with them. What begins as a romantic reset turns stranger and more unsettling with each passing day, as misunderstandings pile up and their fears about commitment, parenthood, and each other refuse to stay buried. The film blends fish-out-of-water comedy with a creeping sense of unease, letting the beautiful Italian landscape serve as a backdrop for an increasingly surreal and fraught emotional reckoning between two people who may not know each other as well as they thought.

Cast & crew

Andrew Rannells and Nick Kroll lead the film as the couple at the center of the story, bringing their considerable comedic experience to a script that demands both laughs and vulnerability. Morgan Spector and Eleonora Romandini appear in supporting roles, while Nunzia Schiano and Amanda Seyfried round out the ensemble. Directors Brian Crano and David Joseph Craig co-helmed the production.

Context & significance

For Persian-speaking viewers and the Iranian diaspora, I Don't Understand You offers something genuinely familiar beneath its foreign setting: the anxiety of navigating a country where you do not speak the language, the pressure of major life decisions, and the way travel strips away the comfortable routines that keep a relationship stable. Diaspora audiences who have lived the experience of being culturally adrift — between languages, between countries — will recognize the particular helplessness of the couple's situation. The film is in English with Italian dialogue woven throughout, and no Persian dubbing or subtitles are available, so it is best enjoyed with a comfortable grasp of English.

Where & how to watch

I Don't Understand You is available on K-Time. The film is in English with no Persian dubbing or subtitles — original audio only. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone with no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Cancel anytime.