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.
Writing
Akhavan's script weaponizes awkwardness into devastating truth bombs.
Acting
Akhavan's deadpan delivery makes cruelty feel like a love language.
Direction
Intimate handheld shots that refuse to let you look away from the mess.
Director
Desiree Akhavan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Akhavan made this after her web series 'The Slope' flopped, essentially crowdfunding her own coming-out-as-messy narrative before it was trendy.
The title's irony lands hardest when you realize Shirin's 'inappropriate' behavior is just existing while not straight, not white, not coupled—revolutionary for 2015 indie cinema.
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