This film follows the odyssey of a group of Iranian immigrants in Los Angeles, trying to find their place in America amidst the unfolding of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
10-11-2001
1h 31m
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Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
Writer:
Brian Horiuchi
Key Crew
Editor:
Andrew Somers
Editor:
Mary Stephen
Locations and Languages
Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Shohreh Aghdashloo (born May 11, 1952) is an Iranian American actress.
After establishing a theatre and film career in Iran, Aghdashloo moved to England during the Iranian Revolution in 1979, and subsequently became a citizen of the United States. After several years playing supporting roles in television and film, her performance in House of Sand and Fog (2003) brought her several film critics' awards and a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has continued to play supporting and character roles in film and television and won an Emmy Award for her work in the television drama House of Saddam (2008).
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Diane Adair Gaidry (born 11 October 1964 in Buffalo, New York, United States) is an American film actress. She portrayed Simone Bradley in 2006 film Loving Annabelle directed by Katherine Brooks. Her characterization won her the Grand Jury Award for Best Actress at L.A. Outfest.
Gaidry received B.F.A. in acting from NYU Tisch School of Arts and received a Masters degree in Psychology from the University of Santa Monica.
Gaidry is the Executive Director of Filmmakers Alliance where she oversees Programming and Distribution. She co-founded this non-profit organization in Los Angeles along with her ex-husband Jacques Thelemaque in 1993.
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Atossa Leoni is an actress who has been working internationally in film, television and theater since childhood.
Of Iranian descent, Atossa was born in Berlin, Germany, raised in various countries throughout Europe and schooled in the United States. She is fluent in five languages and currently resides in Los Angeles.[1]
Atossa made her American screen debut starring as Soraya, the female lead in the film adaptation of The Kite Runner. The film is based on Khaled Hosseini's best-selling novel, which remained on The New York Times best-seller list for over 124 weeks. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Marc Forster, the film has already received praise from critics and fans alike and is proving to be a major awards contender.
Atossa was seen in the critically praised America So Beautiful. The film, which also starred Academy Award nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo, followed a group of immigrants in Los Angeles during the unfolding of the 1979 Iran hostage crises. America So Beautiful was recognized at the Marrakech International Film Festival in 2002 and was in competition in the Panorama Section of the 2002 Berlin Film Festival.
She lent her voice to narrate the audiobook version of Khaled Hosseinis A Thousand Splendid Suns and Greg Mortenson's Three Cups of Tea, which are both best-selling books around the world.
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