Director: Manouchehr Safarkhani
Cast: Rashin Mir Sejjadi, Manouchehr Safarkhani, Ali Abolhassani, Hamid Mahisefat, Amir Banaei
Sogand is a 2024 Iranian drama film directed by Manouchehr Safarkhani, running 103 minutes. The story follows a gifted young girl whose life is upended by sudden loss and a disfiguring accident, placing questions of beauty, resilience, and familial sacrifice at the heart of its quietly powerful narrative.
What is Sogand about?
After losing her mother, a talented artistic girl suffers a serious facial injury that leaves a permanent mark on half her face. When she tries to return to school, the cruelty of classmates forces her to withdraw, isolating her from the ordinary childhood she deserves. Her father, working with modest means, throws every spare resource into the hope of corrective surgery for his daughter. A surprise call from a friend in the UAE opens an unexpected door — a competition celebrating the largest natural Haft-Sin table carries a generous prize, and the family is invited to participate. What begins as a financial lifeline slowly transforms into something larger: a test of dignity, community, and the bonds that hold a fractured family together when the world outside offers little mercy.
Cast & crew
Director Manouchehr Safarkhani also appears on screen alongside Rashin Mir Sejjadi, whose work anchors the film's emotional register. The ensemble includes Ali Abolhassani, Hamid Mahisefat, Amir Banaei, Roshanak Mohammadpour, Marjan Asadi, and Masoud Deljoo — a cast drawn from Iran's experienced dramatic stage and screen traditions.
Context & significance
Iranian family dramas have long used the intimacy of domestic struggle to surface broader social tensions — financial precarity, the weight of community judgment, and the lengths parents travel for their children. Sogand fits squarely within this lineage, grounding its emotional stakes in a Nowruz-adjacent cultural ritual: the Haft-Sin competition gives the story a distinctly Iranian texture that diaspora viewers will recognize immediately. For Iranians living abroad, films like this carry an added resonance — they speak to the particular vulnerability of raising children between two worlds, where belonging can feel conditional. The film's Drama, Family, and Social genre blend signals a work that prioritizes human connection over spectacle, offering something reflective and unhurried for an evening with family.
Where & how to watch
Sogand is available to watch on K-Time in its original Persian audio. Stream on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no geo-blocking, no VPN required. Subscribe and cancel anytime.