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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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 18^th, 6:00pm (Yarrow, Park City)

P&I Screening – Sunday, January 19^th, 3:00pm (Holiday 2, Park City)

Public Screening #2 – Tuesday, January 21^st, 11:30am (Prospector, Park City)

Public Screening #3 – Wednesday, January 22^nd, 6:45pm (Broadway 3, Salt Lake City)

Public Screening #4 – Thursday, January 23^rd, 4:00pm (Redstone 2, Park City)

Public Screening #5 – Friday, January 24^th, 11:30am (Library, Park City)