Director: Abbas Amini
Cast: Amirhossein Fathi, Mani Haghighi, Hassan Pourshirazi, Baran Kosari
Koshtargah is a 2020 Iranian drama film directed by Abbas Amini, presenting a morally complex story of a young man who returns to Iran after deportation from France and finds himself caught between familial loyalty and a grave criminal act.
What is Koshtargah about?
After spending years abroad, Amir is forcibly returned to Iran following his deportation from France. Cut off from the life he had built in Europe and struggling to find his footing back home, he reconnects with his father under strained circumstances. What begins as a fragile attempt at reunion gradually draws Amir into a situation with far-reaching consequences — a partnership in a crime of the most serious kind. The film traces how isolation, obligation, and the weight of family bonds can lead an ordinary person toward an unthinkable threshold.
Cast & crew
The film is directed by Abbas Amini, a filmmaker known for exploring social fault lines in contemporary Iranian society. The cast brings together Amirhossein Fathi in the central role of Amir, alongside Mani Haghighi, Hassan Pourshirazi, and Baran Kosari — performers with extensive experience in Iranian cinema whose presence anchors the film's dramatic tension.
Context & significance
Koshtargah belongs to a strand of Iranian social drama that examines the pressures faced by Iranians who move between worlds — exile, return, and the ruptures that follow. For diaspora viewers, Amir's deportation and re-entry into a homeland that no longer feels familiar may resonate on a personal level. The film uses the crime genre not as spectacle but as a lens through which questions of guilt, family duty, and moral compromise are examined. Its 102-minute runtime keeps the focus tightly on character psychology rather than plot mechanics, which is characteristic of contemporary Iranian arthouse-inflected drama.
Where & how to watch
Koshtargah is available on K-Time with original Persian audio. You can watch on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Cancel anytime.