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‘The Persian Version’ Review: A Daughter Seeks To Understand Her Mother’s Unusual Behavior In Maryam Keshavarz’s Dramedy

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Editors note: This review was originally published after its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. It hits theaters ...
Los Angeles Times

In the ‘The Persian Version,’ generations of independent Iranian women find their lane

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 ...
Yahoo

"The Persian Version" director on creating a film that is "playful in terms of sexuality"

Based on a true story . . . sort of, “The Persian Version” is writer/director Maryam Keshavarz’s lively comedy-drama about Leila (Layla Mohammadi), a filmmaker, struggling with personal and ...
FirstShowing.net

First Look Teaser Trailer for 'The Persian Version' - Sundance Comedy

"It's so much easier blaming our mothers." Sony Pictures Classics has unveiled a first look teaser trailer for an indie comedy titled The Persian Version, made by Iranian-American filmmaker Maryam ...
The Spokesman-Review

Movie Review: ‘The Persian Version’: Mother-daughter dramedy has an identity crisis

Credits: Directed by Maryam Keshavarz, starring Layla Mohammadi, Niousha Noor, Shervin Alenabi, Jerry Habibi, Reza Diako and Arty Froushan. Rating/Runtime: R. Contains strong language and some sexual ...
Jewish Journal

‘The Persian Version’ Shows How Healing Intergenerational Trauma Can Be Also Be Funny

“The Persian Version” writer-director Maryam Keshavarz (right) and merchandiser Naz Harounian wearing the film’s promotional couture (Credit: Cliff Lipson Photography) Imagine asking a family member, ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

‘Persian Version’ finds laughter, tears in Iranian American tale of resilient women

Let nobody say writer-director Maryam Keshavarz doesn’t know how to start a movie. The first time we see Leila, her alter ego in the autobiographical, warm-hearted, personal, funny but also somewhat ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Sundance Winner ‘The Persian Version’ Lands at Sony Pictures Classics

Maryam Keshavarz’s crowd-pleasing mother-daughter dramedy won the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award and Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award in Park City. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Sony Pictures ...
Boston Herald

‘The Persian Version’ a multi-layered cinematic feast

To the tune of Wet Leg’s hit “On the Chaise Longue,” the surprisingly angry coming-of-age film “The Persian Version” begins with its lesbian heroine narrating the action, attending a drag party ...
Salon

“The Persian Version” director on creating a film that is “playful in terms of sexuality”

Based on a true story . . . sort of, “The Persian Version” is writer/director Maryam Keshavarz’s lively comedy-drama about Leila (Layla Mohammadi), a filmmaker, struggling with personal and ...
Daily Herald

'Persian Version' finds laughter, tears in Iranian American tale of resilient women

Let nobody say writer-director Maryam Keshavarz, whose film won the audience prize at Sundance, doesn't know how to start a movie. The first time we see Leila, her alter ego in the autobiographical, ...