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Archer Gray

Marakesh Films

A Bigger Boat

Stage 6 Films

City Boy Hands

United States of America

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فارسی

Layla Mohammadi

Niousha Noor

Kamand Shafieisabet

Bijan Daneshmand

Bella Warda

Chiara Stella

Tom Byrne

Shervin Alenabi

Parmida Vand

Sachli Gholamalizad

Arty Froushan

Samuel Tehrani

Jerry Habibi

Parsa Kaffash

Reza Diako

Andrew Malik

Mia Foo

Boshra Dastournezhad

Ash Goldeh

M. Mehdi Tahmasebi

Kamyab Falahati

Satya Nikhil Polisetti

Kathryn Barnett

Cemre Ebüzziya

Alexander Dane

Michael Mannai

Giovanni Lelli

Saeid Salehi

Aylin Dilara White

Rana Caliskan

Melek Sani

Vani Murazi

Derin Arduman

Ned Mardin

Florans Atlantis

Kenneth Fine

Sean Yazici

Kartal Bilcanli

Nima Tavanaei

Mohammadmoeid Zalaghi

Seyhan Kiskacioglu

Ege Ares Sirali

Zahra Khonshnafs

Siamak Bahramzadeh

Tina Mahdizadehsari

Sanem Rahmani

Magde Karagoz

Bircan Caglar

Nick Grau

Parmis Abrari

Kamila Korkmaz

Barbaros Arikan

Matona Zulu

Soufi Ahora

Amy Nauiokas

André Jäger

Lindsey Weissmueller

Linda Cohen

Tugçe Sari

Ogulcan Koyler

Diloy Gülün

Alvaro R. Valente

Fırat Yünlüel

Burcu Yamak

Rostam Batmanglij

Sena Tonguç

Summer Shelton

Ekrem Tekdal

Mertcan Agirtas

Deniz Yilmaz

Javier Farina

Yigit Eken

Hamit Annak

Osman Yilmaz

Mert Bozkurt

Seyit Ömer Gülas

Burakhan Can

Idris Hilmi Karahan

Yener Yalçin

Dogukan Deliduman

Cengizhan Cebeci

Mehmet Öztekin

Adnan Aydın

Abdullah Akilmak

Süleyman Iyisu

Erkan Bulbul

Hasan Kurt

Yigit Alihan Oncul

Mert Güzel

Çağdaş Yüksel

Derya Ergün

Maryam Khosravi

Yeliz Eroğlu

Emre Kurt

Ibrahim Sarma

Elif Sati

Ayse Emine Kurt

Erkol Cevahiroglu

Beraat Erdogan

Ömer Katmis

Atilla Erdem Ermes

Fulya Deniz Pirlant

Onur Ilkan Atalay

Burak Koç

Lindy LeChien

Emre Yıldırım

Nazenin Pahiz Elci

Cavit Cankiliç

Emirhan Yildiz

Muzaffer Anil Bakca

Mesme Ilkcan Sayin

Zeynep Hançer

Bilal Yildirim

Tina Melakisanimaleki

Sinan Timur

Behiye Derin

Ercan Erden

Salih Uslu

Nalan Gencel

Eslem Sulun

Veli Can Çaliskan

Sinan Harnuboglu

Meliksah Aksu

Zeynep Solpan

Hakan Düzcay

Vedat Nam

Gizem Pelit

Dursun Altuner

Mete Caner Arican

Hakan Aksu

Necla Teski

Emirhan Aksu

Veysel Emik

Ismail Bal

Jonathan Mastro

Buse Ceren Göztepe

Fatma Okumus

Abby Bailey

Ergun Gezer

Bugra Tanis

Hicabi Baloglu

Yener Ünlüeloglu

Erol Tuna

Oguz Tuna

Maryam Keshavarz

Anne Carey

Luca Borghese

Peter Block

Ben Howe

Cory Neal

Sacha Ben Harroche

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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.

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Layla Mohammadi

Niousha Noor

Kamand Shafieisabet

Bijan Daneshmand

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Shervin Alenabi

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