Director: Pejman cheshmi
Cast: Erfan Jabari Nazila Vahad Ebrahim Reyhani Maryam Abri Reza Nematian Gholamreza Asanlou Rahman Moghadam Naser Jafari Behnam Sharafi Darya Daryaie and...
Rezoome is a 2023 Iranian drama film directed by Pejman Cheshmi, running 73 minutes and centering on a young aspiring filmmaker whose creative dreams collide with the practical realities of the film industry. Warm, socially grounded, and quietly thought-provoking, it speaks directly to anyone who has weighed artistic integrity against the compromises required to survive.
What is Rezoome about?
Pendar is a young man with one burning ambition: to make his first feature film. When he finally secures a meeting with a potential investor, he allows himself to believe the path forward is clear. But the investor — a property developer with no background in art — comes with conditions attached. What he demands forces Pendar to question whether the version of the film he would have to make is still the film he set out to create. The story unfolds quietly, observing Pendar as he weighs opportunity against self-respect, and as the people around him — family, collaborators, and strangers — each pull him in a different direction. The film resists easy answers, leaving its central question open and honest.
Cast & crew
The film is directed by Pejman Cheshmi and features a wide ensemble cast. Erfan Jabari leads as Pendar, supported by Nazila Vahad, Ebrahim Reyhani, Maryam Abri, Reza Nematian, Gholamreza Asanlou, Rahman Moghadam, Naser Jafari, Behnam Sharafi, and Darya Daryaie among others. The cast brings an everyday authenticity to their roles that keeps the human drama grounded.
Context & significance
Stories about artists trying to survive within a system that demands compromise carry a particular resonance for Iranian audiences at home and abroad. Rezoome arrives in 2023 as part of a steady stream of Iranian social dramas that examine ambition, dignity, and the quiet moral costs of making something from nothing. For diaspora viewers, the film touches familiar feelings — the tension between chasing a dream and adapting to the conditions of the world you actually live in. It is a modest, human-scale story that does not need grand gestures to make its point, and that directness is exactly what distinguishes it from louder, more commercial fare.
Where & how to watch
Rezoome is available now on K-Time in its original Persian audio. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, and no extra download needed. Start and cancel anytime.