Director: Nasim Forough
Cast: Reza Akhlaghi Rad, Noushin Masoudian, Ghazal Shojaei, Amin Imani, Mohammad Heydari
Tabestani Ke Barf Amad is a 2024 Iranian social drama directed by Nasim Forough, running 78 minutes. The film centers on the quiet collision between parental duty and a teenager's longing, set against the backdrop of an ordinary Iranian family navigating an extraordinary moral crossroads.
What is Tabestani Ke Barf Amad about?
Amir is a young father whose world revolves around keeping his small family intact. When his teenage daughter begins chasing a dream that sits just outside the boundaries Amir has drawn around their life, the two find themselves on opposite sides of a wall neither fully understands. To give her what she wants, Amir would have to step beyond what the law permits — a threshold he has spent years avoiding. The film watches him weigh loyalty against principle, love against caution, as the gap between father and daughter quietly widens through the heat of an Iranian summer.
Cast & crew
Director Nasim Forough brings a restrained, observational eye to the material. Reza Akhlaghi Rad anchors the film as Amir, carrying the father's internal conflict with understated conviction. Noushin Masoudian and Ghazal Shojaei add emotional texture to the family unit, while Amin Imani, Mohammad Heydari, Rozhan Iraji, Shirin Aghareza Kashi, and Mani Parsa round out a grounded ensemble.
Context & significance
Iranian social dramas have long used the domestic space as a lens onto larger societal pressures — the weight of expectation, the gap between generations, and the quiet negotiations that hold families together or pull them apart. Tabestani Ke Barf Amad sits within that tradition, exploring how love can become a form of conflict and how ordinary men face decisions that reveal who they really are. For diaspora audiences who grew up watching fathers carry the burden of impossible choices, this film speaks a familiar language — one that does not need translation across borders or generations.
Where & how to watch
Tabestani Ke Barf Amad is available on K-Time in its original Persian audio. Stream it on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no geo-blocking, no VPN needed. Sign up once and cancel anytime.