Director: Mohammad Asadnia
Cast: Ali Sadeghi, Reza Shafieijam, Fariba Naderi
Lamborghini is a 2016 Iranian comedy film directed by Mohammad Asadnia, running 75 minutes and featuring a sharp ensemble cast. The film mines its comedy from the collision between village hospitality rituals and the awkward pressures that come with hosting a guest from abroad.
What is Lamborghini about?
When a relative arrives from overseas, the family feels compelled to pull out all the stops — even when their means fall far short of their ambitions. Every attempt to project generosity and status spirals into a new layer of absurdity. The household scrambles to maintain appearances, borrow favors, and patch over the growing gap between expectation and reality. What begins as a warm welcome quickly turns into a frenetic series of mishaps driven by pride, love, and the stubborn refusal to appear anything less than prosperous in front of a guest from far away.
Cast & crew
Director Mohammad Asadnia guides a grounded comedic trio. Ali Sadeghi anchors the film with physical comic timing, while Reza Shafieijam brings a wry energy to the household tensions. Fariba Naderi rounds out the ensemble, lending emotional texture to what could easily have been a one-note farce.
Context & significance
Iranian comedy has a long tradition of poking affectionate fun at the gap between how families present themselves and how they actually live — a gap that grows wider whenever a guest from abroad steps through the door. For diaspora viewers, Lamborghini taps into something universal: the pressure that comes with that visit, the unspoken need to show that things are going well back home. The film belongs to a strand of Iranian domestic comedy that laughs with its characters rather than at them, rooted in the rhythms of everyday family life that many Persian-speaking viewers will recognize immediately.
Where & how to watch
Lamborghini is available on K-Time in its original Persian audio. Watch it on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and cancel anytime.