Director: Alireza Davoudnejad
Cast: Mohammad Reza Forotan, Mahtab Keramati, Mitra Hajaar, Marjan Shirmohammadi, Saeid Pirdoust
Molaghat ba Touti is a 2003 Iranian family-social drama directed by Alireza Davoudnejad, running 74 minutes. The film follows a woman's determined struggle to free her husband from prison after he is framed through a deliberate scheme, weaving together themes of loyalty, injustice, and quiet perseverance within contemporary Iranian society.
What is Molaghat ba Touti about?
A woman discovers that her husband has been imprisoned as the result of a calculated conspiracy against him. With limited resources and little institutional support, she sets out to untangle the truth and clear his name. Along the way she confronts bureaucratic walls, personal doubt, and the indifference of those around her. The film builds its tension through small, human-scale moments — a conversation refused, a document denied, a door that closes just before it opens — keeping the emotional stakes intimate rather than melodramatic. The story stays anchored in the wife's perspective, measuring every obstacle through her eyes as she refuses to accept a verdict she knows is wrong.
Cast & crew
Director Alireza Davoudnejad brings a grounded, observational approach to the material. Mohammad Reza Forotan, one of Iranian cinema's most recognisable leading men, plays the imprisoned husband. Mahtab Keramati leads the film as the wife at the centre of the struggle. The supporting ensemble includes Mitra Hajaar, Marjan Shirmohammadi, and Saeid Pirdoust, each grounding the world the protagonist moves through.
Context & significance
Iranian family dramas of the early 2000s often focused on women navigating systems built to exclude them — and Molaghat ba Touti sits squarely in that tradition. For diaspora viewers, the film carries a particular resonance: the experience of watching a person fight alone through bureaucracy, of loyalty tested by powerlessness, is one that echoes across generations of Iranians who have lived on both sides of borders, both literal and institutional. The title, which translates loosely as 'Meeting with the Parrot,' adds a layer of allegorical texture, suggesting a conversation that may or may not yield the truth. Films like this one remind Iranian audiences abroad of the domestic cinema they grew up with — unhurried, character-centred, socially aware.
Where & how to watch
Molaghat ba Touti is available on K-Time with original Persian audio. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone — no extra download required, no geo-blocking, cancel anytime.