Jang-e Jahani Sevom (World War III) is an Iranian drama film set in contemporary Tehran, following Shakib, a homeless middle-aged day laborer who has lost everything — including his wife — and finds himself cast in an unexpected role that forces him to confront the gap between fiction and a harsh reality.
What is Jange Jahani Sevom Moviei about?
Shakib is a man on the margins — without a home, without steady income, surviving on whatever daily work he can find. Grief shadows his every step since losing his wife, and life offers him little beyond exhaustion. When an unusual opportunity lands him a job on a film set, he steps into a world completely unlike his own. What begins as a way to earn money slowly pulls him into a situation where the boundaries between the role he is playing and the life he is living start to blur. The film unfolds as a quiet study of a man pushed to his limits, asking what dignity means when society has all but forgotten you.
Cast & crew
The film centers on its lead performer bringing Shakib to life — a character built on stillness, exhaustion, and buried grief. The production draws on the tradition of Iranian social-realist cinema, favoring naturalistic performance over theatrical gesture. Without a supporting ensemble listed, the weight of the story rests squarely on the portrayal of one man navigating invisibility in a crowded city.
Context & significance
Iranian social cinema has long used the figure of the urban laborer to examine class, dignity, and the distance between those who tell stories and those whose stories are rarely told. This film sits within that lineage — spare in style, close to the ground, unflinching about what poverty actually looks and feels like. For diaspora viewers, it carries the particular ache of a Tehran that official culture rarely shows: the Tehran of makeshift shelters, uncertain wages, and grief carried alone. Watching it from abroad adds another layer — the city is familiar yet seen from a new angle, its textures vivid and its silences loud.
Where & how to watch
Jang-e Jahani Sevom is available now on K-Time with the original Persian audio. Watch on your browser, smart TV, or phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Start or cancel anytime.