Woman, Life, Liberty: Appropriate Behavior

Feminist Cinema From Iran

“Funny, risky and in excitingly bad taste” - The Guardian

Appropriate Behavior
Dir: Desiree Akhavan
2014
86 Minutes
English
Content advisory for language, nudity and sexual content

For Shirin, being part of a perfect Persian family isn't easy. Acceptance eludes her from all sides: her family doesn't know she's bisexual, and her ex-girlfriend, Maxine, can't understand why she doesn't tell them. Even the six-year-old boys in her moviemaking class are too ADD to focus on her for more than a second. Following a family announcement of her brother's engagement to a parentally approved Iranian prize catch, Shirin embarks on a private rebellion involving a series of pansexual escapades, while trying to decipher what went wrong with Maxine.

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