Director: Behroz Afkhami
Cast: Ezatollah Entezami, Akbar Abdi, Mina Lakani
Rooze Fereshteh is a 1993 Iranian comedy-fantasy film directed by Behroz Afkhami, starring Ezatollah Entezami and Akbar Abdi in a whimsical story about a miserly man whose accidental fall from a courthouse rooftop sends his life in an entirely unexpected direction.
What is Rooze Fereshteh about?
Nyatollah is a wealthy man consumed by his love of money and reluctant to spend a single rial on anyone but himself. When a small errand to the local courthouse on behalf of a friend goes sideways, he tumbles from the rooftop in a freak accident. The fall serves as an abrupt gateway into a world he never imagined — bringing him face to face with a supernatural Djinn. What follows is a chain of comic encounters and moral tests that challenge everything he thought he knew about wealth, generosity, and what truly matters in life.
Cast & crew
Veteran actor Ezatollah Entezami — one of Iranian cinema's most beloved character performers — plays the tight-fisted Nyatollah with the effortless timing he is known for. Akbar Abdi, a perennial favorite in Iranian comedies of the era, brings physical humor and warmth as his counterpart. Mina Lakani rounds out the central cast. Behroz Afkhami directs with a light hand suited to the film's fantastical premise.
Context & significance
Made at a time when Iranian popular comedy was finding its footing in the post-revolution era, Rooze Fereshteh blends folk-story logic with urban satire. The Djinn figure is a fixture of Persian storytelling going back centuries, and Afkhami uses that tradition to deliver a gentle moral fable about greed and redemption. For diaspora viewers, the film carries strong nostalgia — its 1990s Tehran backdrop, its familiar faces, and its simple human warmth recall a particular era of Iranian domestic cinema that feels both distant and deeply familiar.
Where & how to watch
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