In Theaters Now

2023
R
1 h 47 m

2023
R
1 h 47 m

Summary Coming from two countries at odds with each other, Iranian-American Leila (Layla Mohammadi) strives to find balance and embrace her opposing cultures, while boldly challenging the labels society is so quick to project upon her. When her family reunites in New York City for her father’s heart transplant, Leila navigates her relationships ...

Directed By: Maryam Keshavarz

Written By: Maryam Keshavarz

In Theaters Now

2023
R
1 h 47 m

2023
R
1 h 47 m

The Persian Version

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews

User Score Universal Acclaim

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Directed By: Maryam Keshavarz

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Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews

63% Positive
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5% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews

63% Positive
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5% Negative
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Oct 22, 2023

The Persian Version isn't quite the quirky family comedy the trailers make it out to be. It's funny, but it's also raw. It's emotional and heartwarming in its truths. It will also leave you wanting to call your mother.

By Arezou Amin FULL REVIEW

Screen Rant

Oct 28, 2023

The strength of The Persian Version lies in the impressions and feelings that it leaves behind, and the empowering portrait it paints of three generations of Iranian women.

By Tatiana Hullender FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Oct 25, 2023

Keshavarz spins a lot of plates in The Persian Version and we can see the effort, but she keeps them all in the air.

By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW

The Film Stage

Mar 9, 2023

This is much more than an ethnic family drama that aspires to have “cross-over universal” appeal, even as it generates such by throwing too many elements together alongside three unique, compelling stories.

By John Fink FULL REVIEW

New York Magazine (Vulture)

Oct 26, 2023

When The Persian Version shifts to the film-within-the-film Leila is writing and nudges her aside to tell her mother, Shireen’s, story, Keshavarz’s feature finds its performative core and explodes into emotional vibrancy.

By Roxana Hadadi FULL REVIEW

Washington Post

Oct 18, 2023

The Persian Version is an ambitious effort to suture up the rift between past and present, parent and child. But like its heroine, it also suffers from a bit of split personality. It’s a tale with too much drama for the candy-colored comedy of its telling, and too much comedy for the drama to leave much of a mark.

By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW

San Francisco Chronicle

Oct 24, 2023

The Persian Version tries to pivot and fashion itself as a celebration of women’s strength across the generations, but it’s transparently something else — a daughter’s attempt to come to terms with a problematic mother. And it’s an effort in which there can be no suspense because Keshavarz’s strenuous effort to whitewash mom tells us that the movie, and the relationship, can only resolve in one way.

By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW

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Production Company A Bigger Boat, AgX, Archer Gray, Karma Film Prod, Marakesh Films

Release Date Oct 20, 2023

Duration 1 h 47 m

Rating R

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Awards

Sundance Film Festival

• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

Calgary International Film Festival

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

National Board of Review, USA

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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Top Cast

Layla Mohammadi

Leila

Niousha Noor

Shireen

Kamand Shafieisabet

Young Shireen

Bijan Daneshmand

Ali Reza Jamshidpour

Bella Warda

Mamanjoon

Sachli Gholamalizad

Young Mamanjoon

Chiara Stella

Young Leila

Shervin Alenabi

Young Ali Reza

Jerry Habibi

Abbas

Arty Froushan

Majid

Tom Byrne

Maximillian Balthazar

Reza Diako

Hamid

Parsa Kaffash

Vahid

Mia Foo

Elena

Andrew Malik

Eman

Parmida Vand

Nurse Roya

Ash Goldeh

Babajoon

Samuel Tehrani

Shivaz

M. Mehdi Tahmasebi

Zal

Derin Arduman

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