The Persian Version

Queer, female-forward story told by a queer female writer-director and a mostly female crew. Leila (Layla Mohammadi) is a first-generation Iranian American woman who self-identifies as a lesbian. Iranian American immigrant experience is central to the plot, as are Iranian customs, music, dance, cooking, beliefs, iconography, language. Women are the core of the story, are portrayed as strong, resourceful, acting with agency. A cisgender heterosexual male character who plays a drag queen in a Broadway show is kind, supportive, open-minded, vulnerable, and confident in his masculinity. While Leila's father is a doctor, most other doctors in the film are women. Most supporting actors are of AAPI or other non-White backgrounds.

Brief suicidal ideation. Guns pulled out to settle a score, but violence is avoided. Scary moments related to illness/health conditions, including the bloody and emotional delivery of a stillborn baby.

Passionate (and comical) foreplay, which leads to a "morning after" type shot. Characters discuss romantic feelings and relationships.

Strong language includes "bitch," "damn," "goddamn," and several uses of "f--k." Siblings say "stupid" and "shut up." Middle-finger gesture. Some characters' racist attitudes are reflected by discriminatory comments about immigrants, including a White man referring to a diverse group of Asians as a "refugee camp."

Smoking shown in scenes set in the 1960s–'80s, with consequences. Implication that a supporting character has a drug problem at one point.