Director: Alireza Khatami
Cast: Ekin Koç, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Hazar Ergüçlü, Selen Kurtaran, İdil Engindeniz
The Things You Kill is a 2025 psychological drama-thriller directed by Alireza Khatami, a co-production spanning Canada, France, Poland, Turkey, and Singapore. Clocking in at 114 minutes, the film probes the fragile boundary between grief, guilt, and moral transgression through the cold machinery of vengeance.
What is The Things You Kill about?
A respected university professor finds his world quietly fracturing in the wake of his mother's death — a death that feels far too convenient to be natural. Consumed by suspicion and unable to find peace, he turns to an unlikely figure: the soft-spoken, enigmatic gardener who tends his property. The professor begins to exert pressure on this man, drawing him into a morally catastrophic plan. As the scheme takes shape, both men are forced to confront what they are truly capable of, and the cost of crossing lines that cannot be uncrossed.
Cast & crew
The film is directed by Alireza Khatami, whose background spans Iranian cinema and international co-productions. The lead ensemble features Turkish stars Ekin Koç and Erkan Kolçak Köstendil alongside Hazar Ergüçlü, Selen Kurtaran, İdil Engindeniz, Ercan Kesal, Güliz Şirinyan, and Aysan Sümercan — a cast that brings formidable stage and screen experience to a story driven almost entirely by psychological tension between two men.
Context & significance
Directed by Iranian-born filmmaker Alireza Khatami, The Things You Kill arrives as a genuinely transnational work — an Iranian creative voice shaping a Turkish-language cast through an international production structure. For Persian-speaking diaspora viewers, the film offers something rare: a slow-burn moral thriller that reflects a sensibility rooted in Persian storytelling traditions — restrained, interior, and preoccupied with guilt and consequence — while inhabiting a global cinematic language. The film is available with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles on K-Time.
Where & how to watch
The Things You Kill is available on K-Time with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Watch on your browser, smart TV, or phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Start or cancel anytime.