Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Michaela Coel, Ian McKellen, Jessica Gunning, James Corden, Ferdy Roberts
The Christophers is a 2026 British-American comedy-drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh, running 100 minutes and centering on the morally tangled aftermath of artistic legacy, family greed, and a hired forger brought in to solve a very inconvenient inheritance problem.
What is The Christophers about?
A once-celebrated painter is nearing the end of his life, and his adult children are growing anxious about what they will receive when he is gone. Faced with a collection of unfinished canvases their father abandoned long ago, they make an audacious decision: bring in a professional art forger to complete the works and pass them off as genuine originals. What begins as a practical scheme quickly exposes the family's fractured dynamics, shifting loyalties, and the uncomfortable question of whether art's value lies in the hand that made it or the story told around it. The plan grows increasingly difficult to contain as complications mount on every side.
Cast & crew
Steven Soderbergh directs an exceptional ensemble. Michaela Coel leads with the precise mix of wit and vulnerability she has become known for. Ian McKellen brings magnetic weight to the aging artist. Jessica Gunning and James Corden round out the family portrait with sharp comic timing, while Ferdy Roberts, Tilly Botsford, Lucy McCormick, and Le Fil add further texture to the story's intricate social web.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, The Christophers speaks to concerns that cut across cultures: what a parent leaves behind, how siblings negotiate inheritance, and the gap between a person's public reputation and their private failures. The film's dry British sensibility wrapped around an American co-production aesthetic gives it a tone familiar from the sophisticated comedies many Iranian diaspora audiences grew up watching. The film is available on K-Time with Persian subtitles, so every scene's layered dialogue — much of it deadpan and timing-dependent — lands with full clarity.
Where & how to watch
The Christophers is available now on K-Time with Persian subtitles. Stream it on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Start a subscription and cancel anytime.