Is Nafas Borideh available with English subtitles on K-Time?

Nafas Borideh streams on K-Time in its original Persian audio. Subtitle availability may vary; check the player for current options when you start watching.

Koja mitoonam filme Nafas Borideh ro online bebinam?

Nafas Borideh is available to stream on K-Time. You can watch it directly on the web, on a TV device, or on your phone without any VPN or regional restriction.

Behrouz Vossoughi dare to in film? Chand dars daره?

Yes, Behrouz Vossoughi stars as Nabi, the central character. The film runs 93 minutes and also features Bahman Mofid and Kioomars Malek Motiee in key supporting roles.

Is this a classic Iranian film? What year was Nafas Borideh made?

Nafas Borideh was released in 1978, making it a late pre-revolution Iranian cinema classic. It is a drama with a 7.4 rating on IMDb and is directed by Sirus Alvand.

Nafas Borideh

Name: Nafas Borideh
Genre: Drama
Released: 1978
Duration: 93 min
Cast: Behrouz Vossoughi, Bahman Mofid, Kioomars Malek Motiee

Director: Sirus Alvand

Cast: Behrouz Vossoughi, Bahman Mofid, Kioomars Malek Motiee

Nafas Borideh is a 1978 Iranian drama film directed by Sirus Alvand, starring Behrouz Vossoughi in one of his most quietly devastating performances. Set against a backdrop of jealousy, surveillance, and class tension in pre-revolution Iran, the film examines moral compromise through a story that refuses easy resolution.

What is Nafas Borideh about?

Nabi, a man living with epilepsy and occupying a precarious place at the margins of society, is approached by the wealthy Khosrow with an unusual proposition: shadow his fiancée Golrokh and report back on whether she is meeting another man. Nabi accepts, driven by financial necessity rather than loyalty. As he trails Golrokh through the city, what he uncovers challenges his assumptions and forces him into an impossible position — caught between the truth he has witnessed, the employer who paid him to find it, and his own compromised conscience.

The K-Time take

Alvand constructs the film with a restrained, observational rhythm that suits its subject perfectly. Vossoughi resists any impulse toward melodrama, grounding Nabi in quiet dignity. The film's real tension lies not in what Golrokh is or isn't doing, but in the weight of being asked to watch, judge, and report on another person's private life.

Cast & crew

Behrouz Vossoughi, one of Iranian cinema's most enduring leading men, anchors the film with characteristic depth. Bahman Mofid brings menacing composure to the role of Khosrow, while Kioomars Malek Motiee rounds out the central triangle. Director Sirus Alvand, known for his socially engaged work in pre-revolution Iranian cinema, draws disciplined performances from all three.

Context & significance

Released in 1978, Nafas Borideh arrived at the final years of a transforming Iran, when filmmakers were producing some of the most psychologically complex domestic dramas in the country's history. Its exploration of class dynamics — a poor, epileptic man hired as a spy by a rich suitor — reflects anxieties about social stratification, loyalty, and the ethics of surveillance that remain resonant. For diaspora viewers, the film is a rare document of a particular urban Iranian atmosphere that existed briefly and then vanished. It belongs to a current of Iranian realist drama that prioritized human ambiguity over moral tidiness.

Where & how to watch

Nafas Borideh is available on K-Time in original Persian audio. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, no extra download needed. Subscription includes the full classic Iranian film catalog; cancel anytime.