Director: Amalia Ulman
Cast: Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff, Amalia Ulman, Joe Apollonio, Guillermo Jacubowicz
Magic Farm is a 2025 Argentine-American comedy film directed by Amalia Ulman, following a hapless film crew dispatched to South America on a half-baked content assignment that spirals into cultural confusion, accidental fabrication, and quietly observed absurdity. Clocking in at 93 minutes, it arrives with Persian dubbing for K-Time audiences.
What is Magic Farm about?
A trendy digital media company sends a small crew to Argentina with one goal: profile a local musician and package the story for their online platform. Almost immediately, the team realizes they have landed in entirely the wrong place — wrong town, wrong contacts, possibly the wrong country. Rather than admit failure and head home, they improvise, recruiting locals to help them construct a plausible-looking cultural moment from scratch. What begins as a cynical content exercise slowly becomes something stranger: genuine bonds form across the language barrier, and beneath the farcical surface a slow-moving public health crisis quietly intensifies, ignored by everyone too distracted by their phones and their deadline. The film observes all of this with a cool, deadpan eye, letting the comedy emerge from the gap between the crew's self-importance and the indifferent reality around them.
Cast & crew
Director Amalia Ulman also appears on screen, blurring the line between creator and subject in a way that suits the film's meta-media theme. Chloë Sevigny leads the crew with her signature blend of detachment and comic timing, while Alex Wolff brings an anxious, credulous energy to his role. The Argentine supporting cast — including Valeria Lois and Camila del Campo — grounds the film in a specific, lived-in local texture.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers scattered across North America, Europe, and Australia, Magic Farm lands in a well-worn comedy tradition: outsiders stumbling through a culture they do not understand and manufacturing meaning out of thin air. That dynamic resonates with diaspora audiences who have spent years watching Western media get their own culture hilariously wrong. The film's Argentina-as-setting also carries a gentle universality — Spanish-speaking landscapes and multilingual miscommunication feel familiar to Iranian viewers who have navigated similar in-between spaces. The underlying satire of content culture, influencer logic, and the hunger to package authenticity for clicks is sharp and timely. Available on K-Time with Persian dubbing, making it an easy watch for the whole family regardless of English fluency.
Where & how to watch
Magic Farm is available on K-Time with a full Persian dub as well as Persian subtitles, so you can watch it however you prefer. Stream directly on the web, on your TV دستگاه, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and you can cancel anytime.