Drama Comedy
An Iranian family survives the shah and the ayatollah and moves to France. This story follows the family through it all. Despite the politics, revolution, prison, beatings, assassinations and suicides this is a comedy.
Directed by
Kheiron
Written by
Kheiron
Arsène Mosca
Chief prison warden
Farida Ouchani
Rachida
Alexandre Astier
Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Claudette Walker
Jeannette
Gérard Darmon
Father of Fereshteh
Rony Kramer
Ghassemlou
Jonathan Cohen
Chokri
Ériq Ebouaney
Adama
Kyan Khojandi
Barbe
Ruhollah Khomeini
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leïla Bekhti
Fereshteh Tabib
Fayçal Safi
Behzad (uncredited)
Margot Bancilhon
Martine
Carole Franck
Catherine Hanriot
Alaa Safi
Berouz
Naël Rabia
Nouchi, 4 years old
Azize Kabouche
Shah's man
Sébastien Pouderoux
Muhamad Tabib
Adama Bathily
Mamadou
Rayan Rabia
Nouchi, 6 years old
Kheiron
Hibat Tabib
Zabou Breitman
Mother of Fereshteh
Soufiane Guerrab
Elyess
Camélia Jordana
Maryam
Fatima Naji
Hibat's mother
Sofia Lesaffre
Rachida's daughter
Xavier Alcan
Deputy principal
Orian Castano
Nouchi, 9 years old
Mansour Badri
Cyrus
Abdellah Chakiri
Teacher
Sébastien Houbani
Nasser (uncredited)
Michel Vuillermoz
Daniel Bioton, mayor of Pierrefitte
Jamal Lababsi
Rasfandjani
Alice Pehlivanyan
Policewoman
Khereddine Ennasri
Aziz
Mourad Boudaoud
Abdel
Pasquale D'Inca
Principal
Jean-Jérôme Esposito
Policeman at the meeting
Hortense Belhôte
Mother in the hospital
Corinne Valancogne
Lost mother
Gary Mihaileanu
Guy next to Aziz
David Serero
Iranian agent (uncredited)
Clément Massol
Stéphane Szestak
Food truck customer
Maud Pugliese
Woman who chatters
Ali Esmili
Iradj
Toufan Manoutcheri
Sorour
Maryama Soumare
Maïmouna
Emilio Bissaya
The polygamist
Rania Assad Lahlou
Moniré as a child
Anas El Akil
Self - Guardian
Younes Badaoui
Guard
Saida Mokrini
Neighbor at the wedding
Patricia Dubois
Nouchi's mistress
Mohamed Touré
Salimou

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