Sundance - Desiree Akhavan's "APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR"
APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR
Written and Directed by Desiree Akhavan
Starring Desiree Akhavan, Rebecca Henderson, Halley Feiffer, Scott Adsit, Anh Duong, Arian Moyad
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The following talent will be available for interviews during the festival
Writer/Director/Actor: Desiree Akhavan
Actor: Rebecca Henderson
Actor: Halley Feiffer
Synopsis:
For Shirin (Desiree Akhavan), 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 (Rebecca Henderson), 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 betrothal 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.
Written and directed by Akhavan, APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR introduces a gray area to the coming-out narrative; in an Iranian-American family, sharing information about one’s sexuality isn’t always the right approach to liberation. With her priceless deadpan delivery, Akhavan’s portrayal of Shirin is the film’s true revelation—a woman caught between self-doubt and self-possession, trapped in a web of family mores and societal expectations, with all their accompanying—and often hilarious—complexities.
TRT: 82 minutes
Country: USA, UK
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
Screenings:
Premiere Screening – Saturday, January 18th, 6:00pm (Yarrow, Park City)
P&I Screening – Sunday, January 19th, 3:00pm (Holiday 2, Park City)
Public Screening #2 – Tuesday, January 21st, 11:30am (Prospector, Park City)
Public Screening #3 – Wednesday, January 22nd, 6:45pm (Broadway 3, Salt Lake City)
Public Screening #4 – Thursday, January 23rd, 4:00pm (Redstone 2, Park City)
Public Screening #5 – Friday, January 24th, 11:30am (Library, Park City)
