Director: Alec Tibaldi
An aunt raises two orphaned nieces behind locked doors, convinced the world outside has nothing left to offer them but danger.
What is Lazareth about?
Lee has built a fortress out of isolation. Since taking in her orphaned nieces Imogen and Maeve, she has kept them away from other people, other places, and anything resembling the outside world, insisting it is the only way to keep them safe. For years the arrangement holds: the girls grow up inside a small, controlled universe where Lee's rules are absolute and unquestioned. That balance shifts when a stranger crosses onto their land, forcing a confrontation between the sheltered life Lee has engineered and the reality her nieces are starting to want for themselves. As the household's routines fray, the film tightens its focus on the tension between protection and control, letting the audience decide how much of Lee's caution is love and how much is something darker.
Cast & crew
Ashley Judd anchors the film as Lee, playing the aunt's guardedness with a stillness that keeps her motives ambiguous for much of the runtime. Sarah Pidgeon and Katie Douglas play the nieces, Imogen and Maeve, charting two different reactions to a childhood spent in confinement, while Asher Angel appears as the outsider whose arrival unsettles the household. Edward Balaban and Christine Uhebe round out the supporting cast.
Context & significance
Lazareth is a 2024 American thriller directed by Alec Tibaldi, built around a single, claustrophobic setting and a small cast, which keeps the story centered on the three women at its core rather than expanding outward into a larger conspiracy or mythology. The film leans on slow-building dread rather than sudden shocks, using the isolated homestead itself as a kind of character that shapes how Lee, Imogen, and Maeve relate to one another.
Where & how to watch
Lazareth is available to watch on K-Time with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so Farsi-speaking viewers can follow the story either way. The film page itself is free to browse; watching the title requires only a K-Time account login, with no separate purchase or trial step involved. K-Time's interface is built around a Farsi-first experience for the Iranian diaspora, making it straightforward to search, queue, and resume titles like this one in a familiar layout.