Motherland

24m
DramaHistory
5.5

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.

Cast

Behtash Fazlali
Babak
Oriana Leman
Katie
Nima Gholamipour
Bahman
Niaz Salimi
Maman
Birgitte Solem
Ruth
John Ralston
Werner
Piret Jõgeda
Auntie
Kevin Owen Clarke
Dancer
Kiera Osborne
Harvest Festival Dancer

Crew

Jasmin Mozaffari
Director, Writer, Producer
Alexander Farah
Editor
Farhad Ghaderi
Director of Photography
Taj Critchlow
Executive Producer
Arian Moayed
Executive Producer
Caitlin Grabham
Producer
Priscilla Galvez
Producer
Helen Kotsonis
Production Design
Mara Zigler
Costume Designer

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