The Persian Version

“Based on a true story... sort of.”

5.9(37)20231h 48m

ComedyDramaRomance

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.

Director

Maryam Keshavarz

Revenue

$0.5M

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Cast

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

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

1y ago

6.0

"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 hea...