Director: Guillem Morales
Two former friends, one long-buried resentment, and a proposal that reopens old wounds set the stage for The Wasp, a tense two-hander from director Guillem Morales.
What is The Wasp about?
Heather has not spoken to Carla in years, yet she arrives at her old friend's door with an offer neither of them can easily dismiss. What begins as an awkward reunion tightens into something far more calculated as the two women circle each other, each hiding motives the other doesn't fully see. Filmed largely within a single home, the story leans on dialogue and shifting power rather than action, letting old grievances surface one exchange at a time.
Cast & crew
Naomie Harris and Natalie Dormer carry nearly every scene as Heather and Carla, trading a friendship's worth of buried tension across a handful of rooms. Dominic Allburn, Jack Morris, and Leah Mondesir-Simmonds round out a small supporting cast, while Rupert Holliday-Evans and Sally Goodman appear in the surrounding scenes that frame the two leads' confrontation.
Context & significance
The Wasp arrived in 2024 as a co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, built around Morales' chamber-piece instincts as a director known for tightly wound psychological setups. Adapted for the screen from a stage play, it keeps its cast small and its setting close, favoring a slow tightening of tension over conventional thriller set pieces. Running 96 minutes, the film holds its two central performances at the center throughout, using pacing and silence as much as dialogue to build unease.
Where & how to watch
The Wasp streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, alongside its original English audio, so viewers can choose whichever suits them. Watching requires a free K-Time account login; the film's page itself, including this overview, stays open to browse without signing in. K-Time's interface runs in Farsi throughout, built for Persian-speaking audiences watching from the diaspora.