THE PERSIAN VERSION | Official Trailer (2023)

Directed by: Maryam Keshavarz

Screenplay by: Maryam Keshavarz

Starring: Layla Mohammadi, Niousha Noor, Kamand Shafieisabet, Bijan Daneshmand, Bella Warda, Chiara Stella, Tom Byrne, Shervin Alenabi

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 at arm’s length in an effort to keep her “real” life separate from her family life. However, when her secret is unceremoniously revealed, so are the distinct parallels between her life and that of her mother Shireen (Niousha Noor). Punctuated by a bright color palette, snappy comedic relief, and vibrant dance numbers, “The Persian Version” delivers an honest portrayal of a woman who remains unapologetically herself, blended seamlessly into a heartfelt story about family, belonging, and the undeniable influence of pop music.

Winning both the Audience Award and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, writer-director-producer Maryam Keshavarz delivers a universal and timely story of the Iranian and the Iranian-American experience.

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[MrsTurntables]

Iranians live all over the world. Haven’t seen this film yet but yes it’s clearly a version of Persian American life and reality - it’s not a film about Iranian life in Iran. Kinda obvious not sure how that’s not abundantly clear.

[farhadgholizadeh]

this was one of the best films I've seen in a long time! A++

[hansmir]

Please everyone! No negative comment. Probably you haven’t gone through that in the US! 😅😅😅

[JanieDaniels]

underrated movie. I need to see more of jerry habibi in 2025

[FLiX]

Not sure how many realize this, but to have queer lead Persian characters is kind of a big deal. You'd never see this movie inside of Iran, tho.

[nawfalism]

Nothing about this is Persian. This a pure Western secular way of life.

[TouheedStationeryBookStore]

Disrespecting a religious figure and ideology in the name of comedy should be not be tolerated. Any cultural difference can be a subject to your filmmaking creative Liberty, but mocking a religion can't be one ! Netflix and other platforms must take it down !

[ashkaunadib]

Ok, teaching him Shut Up instead of GoodBye really made laugh. Especially since I know Farsi

[frenchitaaki]

What a wonderful story...mother/daughter. Made me think about my mother ❤❤❤ Thank you dearly❤

[Nayyab_Kazmi_]

Stop Doing anything that is disrespecting Islam.They don't have any other source of content...Shame on
IMAM MEHDIع Is a person we can give lives for!

[laurenplummer]

all the radical islamist bots in the comments

[powercoder]

I would agree that most Persian living abroad live like this! The reason is that they left the country to have this lifestyle!

[IamtheonewhoknockSz]

That was great movie specially for Iranian women who have been on box for 45 we are iranian persian version and still being proud of it, with religion or not with we have amazing identity, , that will always bringing us to top, Just because we have Pahlavi Empire ❤❤❤❤❤

[Rey.]

Iranian cinema outside Iran is growing fast and multidimensional... I'm so proud that we get so progressive to even mention Iranian queer life ! keep going on guys! Love from Tehran ❤ دست خوش 😏

[TouheedStationeryBookStore]

You are disrespecting a religious figure and ideology and call it funny ? Unacceptable! Use your Cultural differences as movie plots, not people's belief ! I urge Netflix and other platforms to take it down ASAP !

[BelaCat-rh]

We are pure Muslim and i trust imam Mehdi ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[Yasahibalzaman]

Terrible. They spread misinformation about imam Zaman (an Islamic holy figure) and tried to ruin his image. They put a bad image on other Islamic names as well. This is very much designed by America to fight Islam per usual. Nothing about it is Persian and it’s nothing but pure undercover disrespect.

[ampersignia]

This trailer makes the movie seem more comedic than it is. It's more of a slightly funny family drama/medical drama rather than a slightly dramatic comedy movie. Be prepared to tear up often rather than laugh. A lot of audio is strangely cut off or added in post.. some subplots/substories are never followed up with like what happened with Leila's script-writing that introduced her mom's story or where's Vahid at the end. Does Vahid know the truth? The trailer introduces the brothers but we barely see anything about the brothers in the movie. Colorful visuals and everyone (especially Shireen's) makeup was done amazingly well. Some jokes were good, sometimes seemed like they should've been memes but ended up in the movie. This movie wasn't really bad for me but it was quite a mess.

[boricua]

Kinda reminds me of big fat Greek wedding

[zahrazain]

This movie is insulting imam e zamana so we should boycott it!!