In Toronto lively music, intricate textiles and vibrant colours paint an unlikely story of love and family when Badi and Sharon, two young students with very different upbringings from a divided Persian community, accidentally fall in love.
Production
Toronto's Persian community brought to life with textile-rich, sensory detail.
Writing
Wedding speech disasters that feel too real to be scripted.
Acting
Sammy Azero and Mo Zeighami's chemistry sneaks up on you.
Director
Faran Moradi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Toronto's actual Persian hub along Yonge Street, using real community spaces and uncredited extras from local families.
Director Faran Moradi loosely based the family feud on real Toronto Persian community tensions between pre- and post-1979 immigrants.
CA
