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The Persian Version

2023 · 108 min

A warm, funny, and bittersweet family story that moves between past and present, asking you to lean in and feel the messy love across generations.

Directed by: Maryam Keshavarz
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring: Layla Mohammadi, Niousha Noor, Kamand Shafieisabet

Tagline: Based on a true story... sort of.
Overview: When a large Iranian-American family gathers in New York City for the patriarch’s heart transplant, a family secret is uncovered and catapults the estranged mother and daughter into an exploration of the past.

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Directed by: Maryam Keshavarz
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring: Layla Mohammadi, Niousha Noor, Kamand Shafieisabet

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
immigration
love
coming-of-age
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Directed by: Maryam Keshavarz
Written by: Maryam Keshavarz
Starring: Layla Mohammadi, Niousha Noor, Kamand Shafieisabet, Bijan Daneshmand, Bella Warda, Chiara Stella, Tom Byrne, Shervin Alenabi
Music: Rostam Batmanglij
Cinematography: André Jäger
Runtime: 108 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English, Persian

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