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The Persian Version (2023)

R Oct 20, 2023 Comedy, Drama, Romance 1h 48m
61%
User Score
6.2/10
84%
61/100

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.

Maryam Keshavarz
Writer

Top Billed Cast

Layla Mohammadi
Layla Mohammadi

Leila
Niousha Noor
Niousha Noor

Shireen
Kamand Shafieisabet
Kamand Shafieisabet

Young Shireen
Bijan Daneshmand
Bijan Daneshmand

Ali Reza
Bella Warda
Bella Warda

Mamanjoon
Chiara Stella
Chiara Stella

Young Leila
Tom Byrne
Tom Byrne

Maximillian
Shervin Alenabi
Shervin Alenabi

Young Ali Reza
Parmida Vand
Parmida Vand

Nurse Roja

Full Cast & Crew

Media

Master Seminar with THE PERSIAN VERSION Writer/Director Maryam Keshavarz
Master Seminar with THE PERSIAN VERSION Writer/Director Maryam Keshavarz
Featurette
Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Featurette
Extended Preview
Extended Preview
Clip
'The Persian Version' with JoAnne Yarrow and Lindsey Weissmuller | Academy Conversations
'The Persian Version' with JoAnne Yarrow and Lindsey Weissmuller | Academy Conversations
Featurette
"Trust Me On This"
"Trust Me On This"
Clip
Official Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer
Teaser Trailer
Teaser Trailer
Teaser
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Reviews

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written on March 27, 2024

"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 e...

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