Director: Aliyar Rasti
Cast: Mohammad Aghebati, Amirhossein Hosseini, Saber Abar, Mahin Sadri, Ramin Alizadeh
Khamyazeye Bozorg is a 2024 Iranian drama film directed by Aliyar Rasti, following an obsessive treasure hunter whose recurring dream of hidden gold coins sets off an increasingly absurd chain of deception, partnership, and futile searching across the Iranian countryside.
What is Khamyazeye Bozorg about?
Beitollah is a man consumed by a vivid recurring dream — gold coins buried somewhere deep inside a cave. Convinced the vision is a divine sign, he sets about finding a partner for his quest, but with a specific condition: the helper must be someone outside traditional religious circles. To lure the right candidate, he resorts to counterfeit money, recruiting Shoja, a man willing enough to take the risk. Together the two scour cave after cave across different regions of Iran, turning up nothing of value. As their fruitless journey stretches on, a sharp-eyed innkeeper grows suspicious of their secretive movements and begins trailing them on his motorcycle, adding an uninvited and watchful presence to their already strained expedition.
Cast & crew
Aliyar Rasti directs this character-driven comedy-drama with a lean ensemble. Mohammad Aghebati leads as Beitollah, supported by Amirhossein Hosseini as Shoja. Saber Abar, Mahin Sadri, Ramin Alizadeh, and Mehrdad Ziaie round out a cast well-suited to the film's dry, observational tone and its slow-burn portrait of misplaced conviction.
Context & significance
Khamyazeye Bozorg sits within a proud tradition of Iranian rural comedies that use the wide-open landscape as both backdrop and metaphor — stories where ordinary people chase extraordinary ambitions and find only dust. For diaspora viewers, this type of film carries a particular warmth: the familiar Persian countryside, the deadpan logic of its characters, and the gentle skewering of superstition and get-rich-quick dreams all resonate deeply. It is the kind of film that recalls the spirit of Abbas Kiarostami's road films or the quiet absurdism of Mani Haghighi — grounded in real Iranian social texture, funny without announcing its jokes, and honest about human folly.
Where & how to watch
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