Director: Karim Amini
Cast: Bahram Afshari, Mehdi Hashemi, Hooman Hajabdollahi, Sam Nouri, Reza Chelengar
Marde Eynaki is a 2025 Iranian action-comedy-drama film directed by Karim Amini, starring Bahram Afshari as Halim, an ordinary park restroom cleaner whose accidental notoriety sets off a chain of increasingly absurd and perilous events involving mistaken identity, social media virality, and international intrigue.
What is Marde Eynaki about?
Halim works a modest job keeping a public park's restrooms clean. When he begins quietly charging visitors a small fee, he is promptly fired. His frustrated roadside protest is captured on video and spreads across social media, drawing unexpected attention — and the police. Once in custody, Halim discovers that his face is a near-perfect match for Wolf, a high-value fugitive sought by the Pentagon with a substantial bounty on his head. Word of the resemblance travels fast, and suddenly everyone around Halim — including those closest to him — sees an opportunity. The film follows Halim as ordinary circumstances spiral into extraordinary danger, with his identity becoming both a weapon and a liability in a world that refuses to take him at face value.
Cast & crew
Director Karim Amini helms this comedic thriller with a large ensemble. Bahram Afshari leads as the hapless Halim, supported by Mehdi Hashemi and Hooman Hajabdollahi in key roles. Sam Nouri, Reza Chelengar, Mohammad Heidari, Amir Karbalaeezadeh, and Yadollah Shadmani round out the cast, each contributing to the film's layered comedic and dramatic texture.
Context & significance
Iranian cinema has a long tradition of comedies built around everyday men caught in outlandish circumstances — a genre that resonates strongly with diaspora viewers who appreciate familiar social settings recast as comedic backdrops. Marde Eynaki taps into this tradition while layering in action and family dynamics, making it broadly accessible. The film's premise — a working-class man undone by a viral moment and mistaken identity — reflects anxieties around social media visibility and institutional power that feel universal. For Persian-speaking audiences abroad, the humor, the street-level Farsi dialogue, and the recognizable urban Iranian setting offer a grounded and entertaining point of connection to contemporary Iranian popular cinema.
Where & how to watch
Marde Eynaki is available to stream on K-Time. The film is presented in its original Persian audio. Watch on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, cancel anytime.