When a large Iranian-American family gathers in NYC for the patriarch’s heart transplant, a family secret is uncovered and catapults the estranged mother and daughter into an exploration of the past. Writer-director and producer Maryam Keshavarz discusses "Persian Version" on KPCW's Sundance Reel.
![Layla Mohammadi and Niousha Noor appear in a still from The Persian Version by Maryam Keshavars, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4b714fc/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2560x1440+0+0/resize/880x495!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F69%2F87%2Fbbd4e24c45de9c5fa9b12292b989%2Fksnu-trq.png)
Andre Jaeger
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Sundance Institute