Season 1 • Episode 19
LatestHoushang is a simple and honest teacher who is satisfied with his life and does not have much interest in the world, but unwittingly goes in a way that changes his life and enters the process of embezzlement and fraud. He unexpectedly owns wealth and wealth, and is outspoken from his former character.
Acting
Farhad Aslani's transformation from milquetoast to monster is delicious.
Writing
Modiri's script weaponizes Iranian bureaucracy against itself.
Creator
Mehran Modiri
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Modiri uses the embezzlement plot to satirize Iran's economic sanctions era, where ordinary citizens found loopholes becoming accidental criminals.
The title 'Heiyla' (Monster) refers to both Houshang's transformation and the legendary creature from Persian folklore — Modiri confirmed this double meaning in interviews.
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