Get ready to fall in love with “Tehranto”, a new Canadian romantic comedy from director Faran Moradi that explores the cultural divide with Toronto’s Persian-Canadian community.
“These days, there are two types of Iranian immigrants — those who left Iran before the Revolution, and those who left after,” states the synopsis from the film, the feature debut of writer/director Faran Moradi.
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“Sharon (Mo Zeighami) is a Richmond Hill artist, impartial to her Persian culture, forced into real estate by her money-driven parents,” the synopsis continues. “Badi (Sammy Azero) is a brash, newly immigrated med-student from a small town in Iran, drowning in his contempt for assimilated Iranians, branding them ‘traitors to their race.’ After Badi and Sharon cross paths, everything changes. A magnetic attraction pulls them together, but the collision of their two worlds...
“These days, there are two types of Iranian immigrants — those who left Iran before the Revolution, and those who left after,” states the synopsis from the film, the feature debut of writer/director Faran Moradi.
Read More: Iranian Authorities Stop Filmmaker Mani Haghighi From Departing Iran For London Film Premiere
“Sharon (Mo Zeighami) is a Richmond Hill artist, impartial to her Persian culture, forced into real estate by her money-driven parents,” the synopsis continues. “Badi (Sammy Azero) is a brash, newly immigrated med-student from a small town in Iran, drowning in his contempt for assimilated Iranians, branding them ‘traitors to their race.’ After Badi and Sharon cross paths, everything changes. A magnetic attraction pulls them together, but the collision of their two worlds...
- 10/27/2022
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
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