Maryam Keshavarz's film about Iranian immigrants in New York and New Jersey features a protagonist who never feels entirely at home in either America or Iran.
premiered in 2011, Iranian-American writer-director Maryam Keshavarz enters the festival’s U.S.
Dramatic Competition with a crowd-pleasing quasi-autobiographical comedy-drama,A multi-generational family tale that spans roughly 60 years, two continents and assorted cultures from traditional Muslim families to queer New Yorkers, this lively, likable, if somewhat on-the-nose work grabs viewer attention with fourth-wall-breaking monologues, jocular explanatory graphics, and tightly choreographed dance numbers to vintage American and Iranian pop songs.
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