Is Khorshid (Sun Children) available online with subtitles?

Yes, Khorshid is streaming on K-Time with its original Persian audio. The film is dialogue-rich and best experienced in the original language for diaspora viewers who speak Farsi.

Koja bebinam filme Khorshid ba Farsi?

Khorshid — Sun Children — ro mishe rooye K-Time didid. Niazi be VPN nist va az har device — gooshire, TV, ya computer — mishe tamasha kard.

Who directed Khorshid and what other films has he made?

Khorshid was directed by Majid Majidi, one of Iran's most recognized filmmakers. He is also known for his earlier social dramas centered on children and marginalized communities in Iran.

Is this filme irani suitable for family viewing?

Khorshid carries a serious dramatic tone dealing with child labor and street life. It is suitable for older children and adults, and works well as a conversation-starting film for diaspora families interested in contemporary Iranian social cinema.

Khorshid

Name: Khorshid
Genre: Drama
Released: 2021
Duration: 99 min
Cast: Abolfazl Shirzad, Ali Ghabeshi, Ali Nasirian, Javad Ezzati, Mahdi Mousavi

Director: Majid Majidi

Cast: Abolfazl Shirzad, Ali Ghabeshi, Ali Nasirian, Javad Ezzati, Mahdi Mousavi

Khorshid (Sun Children) is a 2021 Iranian drama film directed by Majid Majidi, following a group of street children in Tehran who hustle between garage work and petty crime until a chance at underground treasure pulls them toward an unexpected education.

What is Khorshid about?

Twelve-year-old Ali shoulders responsibility far beyond his years, scraping together a living alongside three friends through odd jobs and small-time theft. When a man entrusts Ali with locating buried valuables beneath a city block, the boy sees a way out of poverty for himself and his crew. The problem is access: the only route to the tunnel runs beneath the Sun School, a nonprofit institution dedicated to street kids and child laborers. To get inside, Ali and his gang must enroll, sit in classrooms, and perform just well enough not to get expelled — even as the treasure waiting beneath their feet keeps pulling their attention downward. What unfolds is a portrait of survival, loyalty, and the surprising weight of a classroom chair.

The K-Time take

Majidi shoots Tehran's margins with the same attentive humility that defined his earlier social films, letting non-professional child performers carry the emotional core. The film balances its genre thriller mechanics — the heist countdown, the escalating stakes — against quieter moments of genuine warmth inside the school, producing a tonal contrast that feels earned rather than manipulative.

Cast & crew

Director Majid Majidi brings his signature focus on Iran's working poor to this project. Roohollah Zamani, a non-professional child actor, leads as Ali alongside Abolfazl Shirzad, Ali Ghabeshi, Mahdi Mousavi, and Mani Ghafouri. Veteran actors Ali Nasirian, Javad Ezzati, and Safar Mohammadi anchor the adult roles, providing experienced counterweights to the young ensemble.

Context & significance

For the Iranian diaspora, Khorshid arrives as a sharp reminder of the Tehran that many families left behind — the back-alley economies, the informal labor, the children who grow up too fast. Majidi has long been the filmmaker who gives screen time to Iranians society quietly overlooks, from the working-class neighborhoods of Tehran to rural margins. This film sits in direct conversation with his broader body of work exploring childhood deprivation, but updates its setting for a contemporary urban landscape. For Persian-speaking viewers abroad, it offers a window into a social reality that rarely surfaces in mainstream Iranian media, presented without sentimentality and with obvious care for the dignity of its subjects.

Where & how to watch

Khorshid is available on K-Time with original Persian audio. Stream it on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Cancel anytime.