Movie
Appropriate Behavior
Overview
Shirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip young Brooklynite but fails miserably in her attempt at all identities.
Details
- Release date
- 2015-03-14
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Parkville Pictures
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Desiree Akhavan as Shirin
- Rebecca Henderson as Maxine
- Halley Feiffer as Crystal
- Ryan Fitzsimmons as Brendan
- Anh Duong as Nasrin
- Hooman Majd as Merhdad
- Arian Moayed as Ali
- Justine Cotsonas as Layli
- Scott Adsit as Ken
- Maryann Urbano as Jackie
- Michael Lonergan as Jacques
- Annalisa Graziano as Felicia
Crew
- Desiree Akhavan - Director
- Desiree Akhavan - Screenplay
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