The Persian Version

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.

Cast

Layla Mohammadi

as Leila

Niousha Noor

as Shireen

Kamand Shafieisabet

as Young Shireen

Bijan Daneshmand

as Ali Reza

Bella Warda

as Mamanjoon

Chiara Stella

as Young Leila

Tom Byrne

as Maximillian

Shervin Alenabi

as Young Ali Reza

Parmida Vand

as Nurse Roja

Sachli Gholamalizad

as Young Mamanjoon

Reviews

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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. W...

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