An apartment complex can hold a whole city's worth of stories, and Yeki Baraye Hame (One for All) sets out to tell several of them at once. Mohamad Ahangarani's 2011 ensemble comedy gathers a roster of familiar Iranian faces under one roof for 95 minutes of overlapping mishaps.
What is Yeki Baraye Hame about?
Behind the doors of a single residential complex, the daily routines of its tenants keep colliding. A small incident in one unit ripples into the next, misunderstandings stack on top of each other, and soon the whole building is tangled in a chain of events nobody planned and nobody can quite stop. The comedy grows out of how ordinary neighbors — each with their own worries, secrets, and stubborn habits — are forced to deal with one another when private problems spill into shared hallways. Rather than following one hero, the story keeps circulating among the residents, letting each thread feed the next until the building itself feels like the main character.
About the cast
The ensemble is anchored by Akbar Abdi, one of the most beloved comedy actors in Iranian cinema, whose presence alone signals the register of the piece. Around him move Shahram Abdoli, Mehran Ahmadi, Farimah Arbab, Hila Ekrani, Ashkan Eshtiyagh, Vahid Ghasemi, and Maryam Kavyani — a broad cast that gives the building its crowded, lived-in texture.
Context & significance
Iranian cinema has a long affection for the apartment-block ensemble, a format that lets filmmakers sketch social types side by side: neighbors of different generations, temperaments, and incomes negotiating a shared space. Dating from 2011, Yeki Baraye Hame works in that tradition, blending broad comedy with lightly social observation about how communal living tests patience and solidarity. Director Mohamad Ahangarani keeps the tone light throughout, aiming the picture at family audiences who enjoy recognizing their own neighbors on screen.
Watching Yeki Baraye Hame on Ktime
Yeki Baraye Hame is available to stream on K-Time in its original Persian. This page is open to everyone; watching just takes a K-Time account login. K-Time serves the Iranian diaspora with a Persian-first experience, so classic and popular Iranian comedies like this one sit alongside the rest of the Farsi-language catalog.