Director: Bahman Kamyar
Cast: Mohammad Reza Forutan, Ra'na Azadivar, Mahtab Keramati, Behnoosh Bakhtiari, Andishe Fooladvand
Mordad is a 2018 Iranian social drama directed by Bahman Kamyar, following a married couple whose quiet longing for a child gradually unravels the assumptions they have built their life around. At 75 minutes, the film is lean and unflinching, grounding its emotional weight in the private difficulties that rarely appear on Iranian screens.
What is Mordad about?
After years of marriage, Setareh and Kaveh face a medical reality that has quietly defined their relationship: they have been unable to conceive. Doctors lay out a path forward — specialized treatment abroad, specifically in London — and the couple commits to making it work, pooling savings and rearranging their lives around the plan. As preparations move forward, a series of unrelated incidents begins to shift Setareh's perspective. Doubts surface — not about the diagnosis, but about the trip, the timing, and perhaps something deeper about the direction their life together is taking. The film stays close to Setareh's interior state, letting small moments carry the weight of larger questions about trust, desire, and what it costs to keep hoping.
Cast & crew
Mohammad Reza Forutan, one of Iranian cinema's most recognized faces across two decades of drama, plays Kaveh with restrained conviction. Ra'na Azadivar and Mahtab Keramati appear in supporting roles alongside Behnoosh Bakhtiari, Andishe Fooladvand, and Babak Behshad, rounding out a cast drawn from established names in domestic Iranian film and television.
Context & significance
Iranian social dramas have long used the domestic space — the home, the couple, the unspoken — to examine larger pressures on modern Iranian life. Mordad fits squarely within this tradition, turning an intimate fertility struggle into a portrait of a marriage under quiet strain. For diaspora viewers, the film offers a window into the lived texture of middle-class Tehran: the bureaucratic planning, the medical realities, and the emotional cost of deferred hopes. The title, Mordad, references the fifth month of the Iranian calendar — midsummer, a season of heat and tension — lending the story a subtle temporal mood that Iranian audiences will feel without needing explanation.
Where & how to watch
Mordad is available on K-Time with original Persian audio. No Persian subtitles or dubbed track is included. You can watch on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Cancel your K-Time membership anytime.