A sensation at the Sundance Film Festival, director Maryam Keshavarz's family comedy finds a wavelength of its own, even if she has a hard time cutting subplots.
Writer-director Maryam Keshavarz’s lively sophomore feature “The Persian Version” is an energetic and enjoyable memoir of a film, if a bit busy. In telling her family’s story of immigrating from Iran to New York, Keshavarz has a lot to say, and she wants to say it all, at once. But there’s no denying the self-reflective and humorous charm of “The Persian Version,” which won the Screenwriting and Audience awards at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. It’s just a little bit harried.
There is, of course, a wedding on the horizon. And that’s just the present-day framing device. We flashback to Leila’s childhood growing up in Brooklyn in the 1980s. Her mother Shireen struggles to provide for her family, eventually becoming a successful real estate agent. The steely Noor plays Shireen from the ‘80s to present day, and her performance is the backbone of “The Persian Version,” while the charming Mohammadi brings a quirky, almost “Fleabag”-style of modern humor.
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