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
Alexandre Astier
Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Farida Ouchani
Rachida
Claudette Walker
Jeannette
Arsène Mosca
Chief prison warden
Margot Bancilhon
Martine
Ruhollah Khomeini
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alaa Safi
Berouz
Sofia Lesaffre
Rachida's daughter
Leïla Bekhti
Fereshteh Tabib
Jonathan Cohen
Chokri
Rony Kramer
Ghassemlou
Gérard Darmon
Father of Fereshteh
Zabou Breitman
Mother of Fereshteh
Carole Franck
Catherine Hanriot
Kyan Khojandi
Barbe
Mansour Badri
Cyrus
Camélia Jordana
Maryam
Ériq Ebouaney
Adama
Sébastien Pouderoux
Muhamad Tabib
Fayçal Safi
Behzad (uncredited)
Soufiane Guerrab
Elyess
Kheiron
Hibat Tabib
Fatima Naji
Hibat's mother
Xavier Alcan
Deputy principal
Adama Bathily
Mamadou
Abdellah Chakiri
Teacher
Sébastien Houbani
Nasser (uncredited)
Naël Rabia
Nouchi, 4 years old
Orian Castano
Nouchi, 9 years old
Azize Kabouche
Shah's man
Corinne Valancogne
Lost mother
Mourad Boudaoud
Abdel
Michel Vuillermoz
Daniel Bioton, mayor of Pierrefitte
Pasquale D'Inca
Principal
Alice Pehlivanyan
Policewoman
Gary Mihaileanu
Guy next to Aziz
Khereddine Ennasri
Aziz
Jamal Lababsi
Rasfandjani
Rayan Rabia
Nouchi, 6 years old
Jean-Jérôme Esposito
Policeman at the meeting
David Serero
Iranian agent (uncredited)
Stéphane Szestak
Food truck customer
Ali Esmili
Iradj
Clément Massol
Hortense Belhôte
Mother in the hospital
Toufan Manoutcheri
Sorour
Maud Pugliese
Woman who chatters
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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