It's estimated that hundreds of thousands of former Iranian nationals and their offspring live in Los Angeles (especially between Beverly Hills and West L.A., the heart of "Tehrangeles"), so it can't be said there's not an audience for this utterly vanilla Iranian-Angelino romantic comedy.
Written, produced, directed, edited, and stultified by Ramin Niami, this narrative mash-up of quarter-life crisis and gentle culture clashing stars Homeland's Nazanin Boniadi as Shirin — a moony part-time book critic for her dreadfully domineering mother's lifestyle rag.
Her quirkiness defined by frequent traffic violations and run-ins with George Wallace's softhearted cop in her beloved Vw beetle, the bane of her mom's status-seeking existence, Shirin feels trapped by h...
Written, produced, directed, edited, and stultified by Ramin Niami, this narrative mash-up of quarter-life crisis and gentle culture clashing stars Homeland's Nazanin Boniadi as Shirin — a moony part-time book critic for her dreadfully domineering mother's lifestyle rag.
Her quirkiness defined by frequent traffic violations and run-ins with George Wallace's softhearted cop in her beloved Vw beetle, the bane of her mom's status-seeking existence, Shirin feels trapped by h...
- 3/12/2014
- Village Voice
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