Director: Celine Song

Cast: Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, Pedro Pascal, Zoë Winters, Marin Ireland

Materialists is a 2025 American romantic drama directed by Celine Song, starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans. Set against the polished world of Manhattan matchmaking, the film asks a deceptively simple question: when love and logic pull in opposite directions, which one wins?

What is Materialists about?

Lucy works as a high-end matchmaker in New York City, pairing wealthy clients with partners who look perfect on paper. She is methodical, clear-eyed, and good at her job — until a new assignment forces her to reckon with what she truly wants for herself. Her professional composure begins to fracture when her emotionally complicated ex re-enters her orbit at the same time a seemingly flawless prospect arrives in her life. Caught between a man who checks every box and one who carries unfinished history, Lucy must decide whether she is chasing a curated ideal or something messier and more honest. Song builds the tension quietly, letting silences and glances carry as much weight as dialogue.

Cast & crew

Director Celine Song, whose debut Past Lives earned international acclaim, returns with a quieter, more commercially grounded story. Dakota Johnson anchors the film as Lucy, bringing an understated wryness to the role. Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans play the two men at the center of her dilemma, each bringing a distinct register — warmth versus ambition — that keeps the emotional arithmetic genuinely uncertain.

Context & significance

For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, Materialists speaks to a familiar tension: the weight of practicality in matters of the heart. Many in the Iranian-Canadian and Iranian-American communities navigate family expectations around partnerships, careers, and social standing, and this film frames those pressures through the lens of a woman doing it professionally. Celine Song, herself an immigrant storyteller, brings a layered sensitivity to how modern people evaluate love the way they evaluate a résumé. The film is available with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles on K-Time, so you can watch it in whichever mode feels most comfortable.

Where & how to watch

Materialists is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Stream it on the web at ktime.app, on your Android TV or TV device, or on your Android phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and you can cancel anytime.