Director: Arash Rahmani
Cast: Farzad Hasani, Anoush Mo'azzami, Soheil Barkhordari, Nazanin Keyvani, Azadeh Mehdizade
Yazdah Yazdah 11:11 is a 2025 Iranian drama-mystery film directed by Arash Rahmani, running 91 minutes, in which a reclusive writer's solitary existence inside an abandoned house is shattered when four menacing figures arrive demanding he produce a story on their terms — or face consequences when the clock strikes 11:11.
What is Yazdah Yazdah 11 11 about?
A writer has spent years alone inside a derelict house, cut off from the world, immersed in his own thoughts and work. His isolation is violently interrupted when four strangers dressed in black force their way into his life, presenting him with an ultimatum: write the story they dictate, exactly as they demand it, or suffer a fate tied to a precise and ominous moment — 11:11. As pressure mounts and the deadline closes in, the line between the writer's imagination and the reality pressing against him begins to blur. The film builds its tension through confined spaces, psychological dread, and the unsettling question of who truly controls a story — its author or the forces that surround him.
Cast & crew
The film is directed by Arash Rahmani. The ensemble cast includes Farzad Hasani and Anoush Mo'azzami in leading roles, supported by Soheil Barkhordari, Nazanin Keyvani, Azadeh Mehdizade, Rashin Ghahramani, Rima Tahmasbi, and Danyal Abbasi — a group of Iranian performers whose interplay sustains the film's claustrophobic atmosphere across its tight 91-minute runtime.
Context & significance
Iranian psychological thrillers occupy a distinctive space in Persian-language cinema, blending literary self-awareness with a tradition of allegory that resonates deeply for diaspora audiences familiar with narratives about constraint, surveillance, and the cost of telling certain stories. Yazdah Yazdah 11:11 fits within a wave of contemporary Iranian genre films that use intimate, high-pressure settings to examine larger questions about authorship and agency. For Persian-speaking viewers abroad, a story about a writer being coerced into producing someone else's truth carries layered meaning — personal, political, and artistic. The mystery structure keeps the tension propulsive while the drama underneath asks something quieter and more lasting.
Where & how to watch
Yazdah Yazdah 11:11 is available on K-Time in its original Persian audio. Watch on the web, your Android TV, or your phone — no geo-blocking, no VPN needed. Start a subscription and cancel anytime.