A family loses everything to a scam and chases gold in the north—what could go wrong?
Season 1 • Episode 20
LatestThe story of this series is about a family called the Golabi family, who bought 4 cars from a leasing company before the spread of the corona virus in order to sell them and buy a big house for the mother of the family, but the cars are not delivered until the father of the family, Parviz Golabi (played by Hamid Lolaei) finds out that this company is a fraud and goes to the North to find the gold of his wife, Maryam (played by Marjaneh Golchin), who had given it to one of the leasing employees.
Acting
Hamid Lolaei's frantic everyman energy carries the chaos.
Writing
Sharp Iranian satire on pre-pandemic economic anxiety.
Production
North of Iran locations become character in treasure hunt.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'gold in the north' trope references actual Iranian economic migration patterns where families invest savings in northern property. The series satirizes this through complete inversion—chasing gold instead of building equity.
Hamid Lolaei and Marjaneh Golchin's real-life marriage (they're actual spouses) adds meta-layer to their on-screen bickering—the fights hit different knowing it's method acting with receipts.
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