Simple Wedding
Year: 2018
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Run Time:
88 minutes
Nousha has a knack for sabotaging her romantic relationships. Her traditional Iranian parents insist she find a husband as soon as possible, perpetually setting her up with successful Iranian men who are anything but Nousha’s type. But when Nousha stumbles on an atypical match—the free-spirited, bisexual artist, Alex—she can only keep their fun-loving romance a secret for so long. With the pressure to get married and fulfill her parents’ dream of throwing an elaborate wedding celebration for their only daughter, Nousha begins questioning the whole institution of marriage and fears the differences between their opposing families may be too much to overcome. SIMPLE WEDDING, a hilarious, relatable romantic comedy, breathes fresh life into the genre with unexpected wit and a quirky, endearing love story that embraces the unavoidable oddities families bring to any relationship. Smart, original, and pleasingly entertaining, the film reminds us we can’t choose our family or whom we fall in love with, and that might not be so bad. (In English and Farsi with subtitles) —A.B.
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Wednesday, April 03, 2019 at 6:50 PM
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Sara Zandieh
Sara Zandieh is an Iranian-American filmmaker. She holds an M.F.A. in film directing from Columbia University's School of Arts, is a recipient of the Fulbright Grant for filmmaking, the La Fémis director's workshop, and a MacDowell Colony fellowship. SIMPLE WEDDING premiered in the US Fiction Competition at Film Independent's 2018 LA Film Festival.
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SIMPLE WEDDING (2018)
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Ray Moheet, Norm Aladjem, Sara Zandieh
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Sara Zandieh, Stephanie Wu
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Ziv Berkovich
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Annie Guidice
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Tara Grammy, Christopher O'Shea, Rita Wilson, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Maz Jobrani, Houshang Touzie, Peter Mackenzie, James Eckhouse, Rebecca Henderson, Aleque Reid, Jaleh Modjallal
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