Director: Mohammad Hadi Karimi
Cast: Bahareh Kianafshar, Nasim Adabi, Jaleh Sameti, Arman Darvishi, Farokh Nemati
Pesar Koshi is a 2020 Iranian drama film directed by Mohammad Hadi Karimi, spanning two pivotal decades in Iran's modern history — the 1960s and the 1990s — to examine how deep-rooted family misconceptions can echo across generations and quietly shape the lives of those who carry them.
What is Pesar Koshi about?
Two timelines, separated by decades, converge around a single family haunted by a long-standing error in judgment. In the 1960s, a fateful misunderstanding takes root within the household, planting seeds of tension that remain buried but alive. Decades later, the 1990s generation inherits the silence and distortion that has built up around this original mistake. As the story unfolds, the weight of unspoken assumptions presses down on relationships, forcing characters to confront what their parents and grandparents chose to ignore. The film traces how social pressures and unexamined beliefs quietly dictate domestic life, and what happens when that cycle is finally forced into the open.
Cast & crew
The film features Bahareh Kianafshar and Nasim Adabi in leading roles, supported by Jaleh Sameti, Arman Darvishi, Farokh Nemati, and Leila Otadi. Director Mohammad Hadi Karimi assembles a cast drawn from Iranian cinema's established dramatic tradition, each performer grounding their character's arc within the film's layered, decade-spanning structure.
Context & significance
Pesar Koshi occupies a distinct space in contemporary Iranian social drama — the kind of film that uses family dynamics as a lens for examining how entire generations can be shaped by decisions none of them made. For diaspora viewers, this resonates on a particular frequency: many Iranian families living abroad carry their own versions of inherited silence, beliefs formed in one era and transplanted, unexamined, into the next. The film's dual-decade structure invites reflection on continuity and rupture, on what parents pass on knowingly and what slips through without anyone naming it. It is the kind of quiet, character-driven drama that Iranian cinema has long excelled at.
Where & how to watch
Pesar Koshi is available to stream on K-Time in its original Persian audio. Watch on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Start or cancel anytime.