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