Khabarchin is a 2022 Iranian drama directed by Erfan Ehteshami and written by Maryam Davoudi. At 79 minutes it is one of the shorter Iranian features of its year, in the compact, socially observant register Iranian independent cinema has long favoured.
What is Khabarchin about?
Davoudi's screenplay is built on a social premise rather than a plot-driven one. Its subject is the way information moves through a tightly connected community: who repeats what, to whom, and what that repetition costs the people involved. The characters are ordinary residents of a shared environment, and the pressure on them comes from proximity itself, from being watched and discussed by neighbours, rather than from any outside force. Ehteshami keeps the scale small and the running time tight, letting a handful of relationships carry the material. The Persian title, khabarchin, translates roughly as informer or tattletale, and the film takes that idea as its organising theme, treating reputation, rumour and trust as everyday social facts. The result is a drama of interiors and conversation.
About the cast
The cast is led by Morteza Amini Tabar, Farideh Daryamaj and Amir Hossein Mohammadi, an ensemble small enough that each performer carries a substantial share of the running time. As in much low-budget Iranian production, the acting style is naturalistic, with dialogue delivered at conversational volume and long stretches of screen time given to reaction rather than speech. Farsi is spoken throughout.
Context & significance
Erfan Ehteshami directs from Maryam Davoudi's script, one of the many writer-director pairings behind Iran's steady output of modest-budget social dramas. Films of this type are usually shot in real locations, screened first at domestic festivals, then distributed through home-video and streaming channels rather than long theatrical runs. The 79-minute length is characteristic of the category. Khabarchin was completed in 2022 and is listed as an Iranian production, in the Persian language, with drama as its genre. No IMDb rating is recorded for it in the K-Time catalogue, which is common for independent Iranian releases.
Watching Khabarchin on K-Time
Khabarchin streams on K-Time for viewers with an account; this page itself is open to read without logging in. K-Time is built for Persian-speaking audiences outside Iran, with a Farsi interface, Farsi-language search and a catalogue organised around Iranian cinema, so a title like this sits beside other recent domestic dramas. Log in with a free K-Time account to start playback on web, Android TV, or a supported smart TV.