Is Zamani Baraye Masti Asbha a real Iranian film or a foreign production?

It is an Iranian-French co-production directed by Iranian-Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi, filmed entirely on location in the Kurdish region of western Iran with a local non-professional cast.

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You can watch Zamani Baraye Masti Asbha on K-Time directly in your browser or on your TV — no extra download required, no VPN, and available wherever you are in the world.

Does this film have Persian subtitles or Persian dubbing?

The film streams in its original Kurdish and Persian audio on K-Time. There is no Persian dubbing or subtitle track for this title at this time.

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The film runs approximately 80 minutes. It is suitable for mature viewers and older teens, as it deals with themes of poverty, illness, child labor, and family loss in a realistic and unsentimental way.

Zamani Baraye Masti Asbha

Name: Zamani Baraye Masti Asbha
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 2000
Duration: 80 min
Cast: Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi, Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini

Director: Bahman Ghobadi

Cast: Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi, Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini

Zamani Baraye Masti Asbha is a 2000 Iranian-Kurdish drama film directed by Bahman Ghobadi, following a family of orphaned Kurdish siblings on the Iran-Iraq border who risk everything to find medical help for their gravely ill youngest brother. Shot on location in the harsh Kurdish highlands, it earned international acclaim for its raw emotional honesty.

What is Zamani Baraye Masti Asbha about?

In a remote Kurdish village straddling the Iran-Iraq border, a teenage boy named Ayoub shoulders responsibility for his four brothers and sisters after their parents are gone. When the youngest sibling, Madi — who is small even for his age — falls critically ill and requires surgery that the family cannot afford, Ayoub hatches a desperate plan. He joins a group of mule traders who smuggle goods across the snowbound mountain border, braving bitter cold, landmine-riddled terrain, and armed patrols. Meanwhile his older sister schemes her own sacrifice to raise money for Madi's care. The film follows each sibling's quiet acts of courage as they struggle against poverty, geography, and time itself.

The K-Time take

Ghobadi shoots with a documentary-like intimacy, letting the landscape — frozen passes, mule caravans inching through blizzards — do as much dramatic work as his non-professional cast. The film avoids sentimentality without sacrificing warmth, and its matter-of-fact portrayal of childhood resilience under extreme hardship gives it a lingering moral weight that festivals and critics across the world recognized immediately.

Cast & crew

Director Bahman Ghobadi, himself of Kurdish-Iranian origin, cast local non-professional children from the border region, giving the film an unguarded authenticity. Ayoub Ahmadi anchors the story with a quietly determined performance, while Rojin Younessi and Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini bring equal conviction as sisters navigating impossible choices with limited options.

Context & significance

For Iranian diaspora viewers, this film is a rare window into the Kurdish communities of western Iran — a world that mainstream Persian cinema rarely addressed with this depth. Released at the dawn of the Iranian New Wave's global expansion, it introduced Ghobadi to world cinema and gave Kurdish-Iranian stories a place on the international stage. Diaspora audiences who grew up watching state television will find this film's unfiltered portrayal of rural poverty, family duty, and cross-border survival both moving and historically illuminating. It speaks to the broader Persian-speaking world's experience of displacement and sacrifice.

Where & how to watch

Zamani Baraye Masti Asbha is available now on K-Time in its original Kurdish and Persian audio without Persian dubbing or subtitles. Stream it on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and you can cancel anytime.