Khate Barike Ghermez dar K-Time hast?

Yes. The film is available to stream on K-Time. You can watch it on the web or on your TV or phone with a K-Time subscription, with no VPN or geo-restrictions.

Is there a Persian dub or English subtitle for Khate Barike Ghermez?

The film plays in its original Persian audio. Check the player settings on K-Time for available subtitle options at the time you watch.

Khate Barike Ghermez che juri filme irani-ye — drama ya documentary?

It is listed under both Drama and Documentary. The film blends a narrative story with a documentary-style approach, giving it an authentic, observational feel grounded in real social themes.

Koja bebinam in film ba bazi Afshin Hashemi va Farhad Aslani?

You can watch Khate Barike Ghermez on K-Time. It features Afshin Hashemi, Farhad Aslani, Amir Dejhakam, and Hengameh Ghaziani. Stream it directly in your browser or on your TV — no extra download needed.

Khate Barike Ghermez

Name: Khate Barike Ghermez
Genre: Drama, Documentary
Released: 2019
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Afshin Hashemi, Amir Dejhakam, Farhad Aslani, Hengameh Ghaziani

Director: Farzad Khoshdast

Cast: Afshin Hashemi, Amir Dejhakam, Farhad Aslani, Hengameh Ghaziani

Khate Barike Ghermez is a 2019 Iranian drama-documentary film directed by Farzad Khoshdast, following a group of incarcerated young offenders who discover unexpected self-expression through theater, until a rare day outside prison walls forces a collision between artistic purpose and the pull of freedom.

What is Khate Barike Ghermez about?

Inside a juvenile detention facility in Iran, a cohort of teenage inmates crosses paths with a team of theater instructors who offer them something most have never experienced: a stage and a voice. Together they rehearse a play drawn from their own suppressed stories — a process that begins to shift how they see themselves and each other. When authorities grant a one-day furlough so the group can perform before a live audience, the boundary between rehabilitation and raw human instinct blurs. Some of the young men begin weighing a different kind of exit, one that has nothing to do with applause. The film holds the tension between the redemptive power of art and the desperation that incarceration breeds, without resolving it cheaply.

Cast & crew

Director Farzad Khoshdast brings documentary sensibility to the narrative, creating a film that feels lived-in rather than staged. Lead performances come from Afshin Hashemi and Farhad Aslani alongside Amir Dejhakam and Hengameh Ghaziani — a cast whose combined experience in Iranian drama lends the story credibility and emotional weight.

Context & significance

For Iranian diaspora audiences, Khate Barike Ghermez sits within a strong tradition of socially engaged Iranian cinema that uses institutional settings — schools, prisons, hospitals — as lenses for examining society. The film draws on real tensions between the Iranian justice system and youth rehabilitation, themes that resonate for families who lived through or witnessed the consequences of that system firsthand. It also belongs to the globally resonant prison-theater genre, sharing DNA with acclaimed European and Latin American films that use drama as a vehicle for dignity. For Persian-speaking viewers abroad, the film offers a window into a world rarely shown on mainstream screens, told entirely in the authentic rhythms of Iranian vernacular.

Where & how to watch

Khate Barike Ghermez is available on K-Time in its original Persian audio. You can watch on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Start your subscription and cancel anytime.