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Septembers of Shiraz

PG-13
DramaThriller
5.9/10(99 ratings)

In this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, a secular Jewish family is caught up in the maelstrom of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

09-15-2015
1h 50m
Septembers of Shiraz
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Main Cast

Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody

Adrien Nicholas Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor and producer. He received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring as Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at age 29, becoming the youngest actor to win in that category. Brody is the second male American actor after Christopher Lambert to receive the César Award for Best Actor. Other successful films that Brody has starred in are The Thin Red Line (1998), The Village (2004), King Kong (2005), Predators (2010) and Midnight in Paris (2011). He is a frequent collaborator of Wes Anderson's, having starred in four of Anderson's films, The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and The French Dispatch (2021). In 2017, he portrayed Luca Changretta in the fourth season of the BBC series Peaky Blinders. In 2022, he starred in the Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde (2022) and also starred as Pat Riley in the first season of the HBO sports drama series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.

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Salma Hayek Pinault

Salma Hayek Pinault

Salma Hayek Pinault (born Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez; September 2, 1966) is a Mexican and American actress and producer. She began her career in Mexico starring in the telenovela Teresa and starred in the film El Callejón de los Milagros (Miracle Alley) for which she was nominated for an Ariel Award. In 1991, Hayek moved to Hollywood and came to prominence with roles in films such as Desperado (1995), From Dusk till Dawn (1996), Fools Rush In (1997), Wild Wild West, and Dogma (both 1999). Her breakthrough role was in the 2002 film Frida, as Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, for which she was nominated for Best Actress for the Academy Awards, the BAFTA Film Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, and the Screen Actors Guild Awards, and which she also produced. This movie received widespread attention and was a critical and commercial success. She won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Children/Youth/Family Special for The Maldonado Miracle in 2004, and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series after guest-starring in the ABC television comedy-drama Ugly Betty in 2007. She also guest-starred on the NBC comedy series 30 Rock from 2009 to 2013. In 2017, she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her role in Beatriz at Dinner. Her subsequent films include Grown Ups (2010), Puss in Boots (2011), Grown Ups 2 (2013), Tale of Tales (2015), Sausage Party (2016), The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017), Like a Boss (2020), and The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Salma Hayek, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Gabriella Wright

Gabriella Wright

Gabriella Wright (born 19 June 1982) is an English actress and model, best known for playing Queen Claude of France in the series The Tudors, Viola in the film The Perfect Husband, and Gina in the action thriller The Transporter Refueled. In addition to her acting and modeling careers, she is a humanitarian and activist with vast contributions to many international campaigns on gender-based violence and suicide prevention. Wright was born on 19 June 1982 in Stoke Newington, London to Paul David Wright, a sculptor and painter, and Anne Catherine Wright, a teacher and writer. Her siblings are Paulette and Pascal Wright. She moved to France with her parents at the age of 12, and graduated in English Literature and Social Economics. She currently resides in Los Angeles. Wright's acting coaches include Susan Batson and Jack Garfein. In 2004, Wright played her first lead role in the film One Dollar Curry, directed by Vijay Singh. In 2007, Wright appeared as Queen Claude of France in the historical drama series The Tudors. In 2014, Wright appeared in the 7th season of the HBO's supernatural drama series True Blood, in which she played the role of Sylvie. She played the lead role in the horror film The Perfect Husband along with Bret Roberts and Carl Wharton, and directed by Lucas Pavetto. In 2015 Wright appeared in the action thriller film The Transporter Refueled, directed by Camille Delamarre. In 2016, Wright was cast in the film Security as Ruby, which stars Antonio Banderas and Ben Kingsley. In 2018, Wright played Rebekha Volt in Action Team, a spy comedy spoof directed by James De Frond. Wright plays Veronika, the personal hitwoman for Antonio Banderas’s character in the upcoming 2021 American action comedy film, Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, directed by Patrick Hughes. Source: Article "Gabriella Wright" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Shohreh Aghdashloo

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). Description above from the Wikipedia Shohreh Aghdashloo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Bashar Rahal

Bashar Rahal

Bashar Mounzer Rahal is the second child to a Bulgarian mother Mariana Rahal - an interior designer and Lebanese father Mounzer Rahal - an OB/GYN. The family moved back to Bulgaria when Bashar was only 6 years old. He first started acting in TV sketches when he was 12. At the age of 14 he became a member of a professional theater group, called "Tears and Laughs", with which he took part in more than 15 performances including Shakespeare and Chekhov. He attended numerous international festivals, including the ones in Avignon, France and Thun, Switzerland among others. His first big screen role at the age of 15 was in 1952: Ivan i Aleksandra (1989) which was followed by more TV and Film appearances. After graduating from The First English Language High School in Sofia, Bashar attended the National Academy of Theater and Film Art, where he received his Masters in Dramatic Arts. Shortly after graduation he was accepted as a permanent member of the national youth theatre and was a guest actor at The National Theatre Sofia Bulgaria. For the next couple of years Bashar appeared in over 25 different TV comedy shows, but became most popular with the hit TV show "It Can't Be"equivalent of SNL ,created & directed by Nellie Andreeva .The show won " Golden Melon", for best comedy show - the most prestigious TV award in Bulgaria. In 1997 Bashar hosted "The Late Night Show" on Channel 3 Sofia , where he met his co-host and future wife Kalina Rahal. In 1999 the couple moved to California so that Bashar could pursue his acting career. He was granted Alien of Extra Ordinary ability as an actor. He is a graduate from the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Los Angeles. For a long time he was considered to play Azamat Bagatov in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Initially Bashar was not considered to play in Joshua Seftel's Political Satire War ,Inc. but the producers Danny Lerner and Les Weldon convinced both John Cusack and the Director Seftel that he is the best choice for the part. After the end of the shooting Cusack and Seftel admitted that Bashar had developed the best character. Later Danny Lerner casted Bashar as a lead in his upcoming action movie Direct Contact. Recently he was casted to play Boris in Dominic Sena's "Whiteout",starring Kate Beckinsale.​

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Anthony Azizi

Anthony Azizi

Anthony Azizi is an American film and television actor. He starred on the shows Threat Matrix and Commander in Chief. Also he had recurring roles in shows as Lost, 24, Desperate Housewives and JAG and made guest appearances in many shows, including The Unit, Chuck, The West Wing, NYPD Blue, Criminal Minds, CSI: Miami and Gilmore Girls. He co-starred opposite Shia LeBeouf and Michelle Monaghan in the Paramount / Dreamworks feature film Eagly Eye, and opposite Tony Shalhoub in the independent movie AmericanEast.

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Unknown Actor

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Aslı Bayram

Aslı Bayram

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Navid Navid

Navid Navid

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Niki Stanchev

Niki Stanchev

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Movie Details

Production Info

Director:
Wayne Blair
Writer:
Hanna Weg
Production:
Eclectic pictures, AMBI Group

Key Crew

Executive Producer:
Boaz Davidson
Producer:
Gerard Butler
Producer:
Heidi Jo Markel
Producer:
Danielle Robinson
Producer:
Alan Siegel

Locations and Languages

Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en