Appropriate Behavior

Mar 14, 2015

1h 30m

★ 6.3

Being without a cliché to hold onto can be a lonely experience.

Overview

Shirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip young Brooklynite but fails miserably in her attempt at all identities.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Parkville Pictures

Appropriate Behavior Trailers

Cast

Shirin

Desiree Akhavan

Maxine

Rebecca Henderson

Crystal

Halley Feiffer

Brendan

Ryan Fitzsimmons

Nasrin

Anh Duong

Merhdad

Hooman Majd

Ali

Arian Moayed

Layli

Justine Cotsonas

Ken

Scott Adsit

Jackie

Maryann Urbano

Jacques

Michael Lonergan

Felicia

Annalisa Graziano

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