Director: Jonathan Elbers
Cast: Abbey Hoes, Jim Bakkum, Ryan Bown, Soumaya Ahouaoui, Carl Spencer
Out of Luck is a 2025 Dutch romantic comedy directed by Jonathan Elbers, following a fast-talking schemer whose single catastrophic night unravels her finances, her home, and her love life all at once, setting off a chaotic chain of double identities and poorly timed deceptions.
What is Out of Luck about?
Annabel has built her life on charm and calculated shortcuts, but when a single evening goes spectacularly wrong she finds herself stripped of her inheritance, her apartment, and the relationship she thought was stable. Scrambling to keep her world from collapsing entirely, she invents one story to cover another, until she is balancing two completely different personas and two very different men who each believe they know the real her. The harder she tries to untangle the mess, the deeper she sinks — and sooner or later, every carefully constructed lie begins to crack.
Cast & crew
Jonathan Elbers directs a Dutch ensemble led by Abbey Hoes as the quick-witted and perpetually overconfident Annabel. Jim Bakkum and Ryan Bown play the two men caught in her web of mistaken identities. The supporting cast includes Soumaya Ahouaoui, Carl Spencer, Victoria Koblenko, Victor Löw, and Tjebbo Gerritsma, giving the film a lively ensemble texture.
Context & significance
Light romantic comedies with a con-artist or mistaken-identity twist have wide appeal across Persian-speaking diaspora communities who grew up watching both classic Hollywood screwball comedies and their Iranian counterparts. Out of Luck fits squarely in that tradition — quick pacing, romantic confusion, and a lead whose ambitions consistently outrun her judgment. The film arrives fully dubbed in Persian, making it an easy, no-friction watch for viewers who prefer to catch every joke without reading subtitles. At 90 minutes it is a self-contained evening film, and its Dutch production gives it a visual freshness that sets it apart from more familiar Hollywood fare.
Where & how to watch
Out of Luck is available now on K-Time with full Persian dubbing. Stream it on your TV, computer, or phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, and no extra download needed. Sign up and cancel anytime.