Director: Arman Zarrinkoub
Cast: Reza Babak, Babak Ansari, Hamid Rashid, Golchehre Sajadieh
Tarake Amigh is a 2025 Iranian drama film directed by Arman Zarrinkoub, running 79 minutes. Set within a single household, it follows the fallout when a man returns home from a psychiatric facility, bringing with him a stranger whose presence slowly unravels the family's buried past.
What is Tarake Amigh about?
Mahmoud steps back into civilian life after being discharged from a mental institution, and his wife Fakhri has been bracing for this moment. The household adjusts uneasily — but before long an uninvited guest arrives and the fragile domestic equilibrium begins to fracture. The film unfolds as a slow pressure cooker: each scene tightens the atmosphere as long-suppressed secrets push toward the surface, forcing the characters to confront a shared history none of them have fully faced. The narrative stays close to domestic space, letting tension accumulate through looks, silences, and the weight of unspoken memory rather than dramatic confrontation.
Cast & crew
Arman Zarrinkoub directs a tight ensemble anchored by Reza Babak in the central role of Mahmoud. Babak Ansari and Hamid Rashid provide the male counterpoints, while Golchehre Sajadieh brings vital depth as Fakhri. All four performers are experienced presences in Iranian cinema, lending the film a lived-in credibility that suits its claustrophobic domestic register.
Context & significance
Iranian family dramas carry a long tradition of using the home as a stage for social critique — Asghar Farhadi's influence runs deep in films that treat domestic silence as its own form of violence. Tarake Amigh joins that lineage, foregrounding mental health and the stigma surrounding psychiatric care in a way that resonates strongly with diaspora audiences navigating similar conversations in their own families abroad. The film's social-drama categorisation signals that its concerns extend beyond the personal: the secrets at its core have communal and generational dimensions that Iranian viewers, wherever they live, will recognise.
Where & how to watch
Tarake Amigh is available now on K-Time in its original Persian audio. Stream on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, and you can cancel anytime.