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