Director: Sofia Bohdanowicz
Measures for a Funeral is a 2024 Canadian drama from director Sofia Bohdanowicz, built around one researcher's obsessive search for a forgotten violinist from the early 1900s. Running 142 minutes, the film streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles for the diaspora audience.
What is Measures for a Funeral about?
The story follows a young academic whose fixation on Kathleen Parlow, a celebrated but largely erased Canadian violinist from the turn of the twentieth century, becomes a way of working through her own family history. Her mother, once a working musician, never reached the recognition she wanted, and that unfinished ambition hangs over every archive the academic digs through. What starts as scholarly curiosity slides into something closer to inheritance, as she realizes her research keeps circling back to unresolved questions about her own upbringing. Told with a patient, essayistic rhythm, the film treats historical recovery as a deeply personal act rather than a dry academic exercise.
Cast & crew
Eileen Davies anchors the film in the lead role, carrying long stretches of solitary research and reflection with restraint rather than melodrama. Sofia Bohdanowicz directs from a script rooted in her own recurring interest in overlooked women artists, a thread that runs through several of her earlier features.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers, the film's quiet, archival approach to memory and inherited ambition will feel familiar territory — questions of what gets remembered and who gets to tell that story cross easily between cultures. K-Time carries it with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so households can choose whichever fits their evening.
Where & how to watch
Measures for a Funeral streams on K-Time with a free account login — no separate purchase needed to start watching. The K-Time interface, search, and support are all in Farsi, making it simple for Persian-speaking households across North America to find and follow character-driven dramas like this one on any screen, from phone to living-room TV.