During 1979 at the height of the Iran Hostage crisis, Babak goes on a trip to meet his fiancé’s parents and ends up confronting the realities of what it means to be an Iranian immigrant in a patriotic post-Vietnam America.
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Cast
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Behtash Fazlali
Babak
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Oriana Leman
Katie
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Nima Gholamipour
Bahman
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Niaz Salimi
Maman
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Tehranto
Birgitte Solem
Ruth
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The Handmaid's Tale
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John Ralston
Werner
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Ascension
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Piret Jõgeda
Auntie
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Kevin Owen Clarke
Dancer
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Kiera Osborne
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Jasmin Mozaffari Director · Farhad Ghaderi Cinematographer Alexander Farah Editor
First release September 7, 2023 · Produced in Canada · Languages English, Persian
Production
Prowler Film
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Silent Tower
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Fela
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Canada
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Original title
سرزمین مادری
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
English · Persian
Release dates
Canada · September 7, 2023
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No release date listed for United States.
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