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The Persian Version

The Persian Version

  • Status: Released
  • 20-10-2023
  • Runtime: 108 min
  • Score: 6.121
  • Vote count: 33

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.

Layla Mohammadi

Leila

Niousha Noor

Shireen

Kamand Shafieisabet

Young Shireen

Bijan Daneshmand

Ali Reza

Bella Warda

Mamanjoon

Chiara Stella

Young Leila

Tom Byrne

Maximillian

Shervin Alenabi

Young Ali Reza

Parmida Vand

Nurse Roja

Sachli Gholamalizad

Young Mamanjoon

Arty Froushan

Majid

Samuel Tehrani

Shivaz

Jerry Habibi

Abbas

Parsa Kaffash

Vahid

Reza Diako

Hamid

Andrew Malik

Eman

Mia Foo

Elena

Boshra Dastournezhad

Soussan

Ash Goldeh

Babajoon

M. Mehdi Tahmasebi

Zal

Kamyab Falahati

Rostam

Satya Nikhil Polisetti

Raj Patel

Kathryn Barnett

Dr. Manzano

Cemre Ebüzziya

Dr. Anahita

Alexander Dane

Instructor

Michael Mannai

Teacher

Giovanni Lelli

Surgeon

Saeid Salehi

Airport Officer

Aylin Dilara White

Phone Receptionist

Rana Caliskan

Hospital Administrator

Melek Sani

Aunt Mahdis

Vani Murazi

Priya Anand

Derin Arduman

Grocery Clerk

Ned Mardin

Lawyer

Florans Atlantis

Nasir

Kenneth Fine

Jim

Sean Yazici

Young Majid

Kartal Bilcanli

Young Abbas

Nima Tavanaei

Young Hamid

Mohammadmoeid Zalaghi

Young Zal

Seyhan Kiskacioglu

Young Rostam

Ege Ares Sirali

Young Eman

Zahra Khonshnafs

Farrah Alavi

Siamak Bahramzadeh

Wedding Singer / Dr. Alavi

Tina Mahdizadehsari

Ob/Gyn

Sanem Rahmani

Nurse

Magde Karagoz

Calm Nurse

Bircan Caglar

Nervous Nurse

Nick Grau

News Reporter

Parmis Abrari

Iranian Student

Kamila Korkmaz

American Student

Barbaros Arikan

Daniel Azizam

Matona Zulu

Store Employee

Soufi Ahora

Young Boy

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"Leila" (Layla Mohammadi) has a sort of love/hate relationship with her mother "Shireen" (Kamand Shafieisabet who morphs into the formidable Niousha Noor) that seems to centre around the former's more independent, and lesbian, lifestyle in the United States to where the family emigrated from Iran. What's bringing all this familial strife to an head is the fact that her father is suffering from heart problems in hospital. They are all gathering around to be supportive and "Shireen" can barely suffer her daughter to remain in the same room. Now "Leila" has been told their arrival in America was due to a doctor shortage following the Vietnam war, but a casual conversation with her grandmother (Bella Warda) introduces the idea of a "scandal" into the proceedings. She doesn't get an immediate explanation, but gradually she is filled in on a scenario that isn't quite as she'd been led to believe. It appears that her parents started out in a remote part of their homeland and that their early marriage wasn't exactly "straightforward". What now ensues bares then brings together the threads of the lives of these two women as they both develop the strong character traits that explains rather well the reasons for the current combativeness. A Halloween one-night-stand with actor "Max" (Tom Byrne) further complicates things as we head to a frenetic conclusion that is all pretty predictable. Initially, this offers us quite an interesting look at contrasting cultures and generational aspirations, but otherwise it's not really very funny, plays to a load of stereotypes - she has nine brothers so every box can be ticked, and I found the last few scenes really quite annoyingly selfish. It's an OK watch this, but you'll never remember it.