SummaryA secular Jewish family in Iran fight for their lives immediately following the 1979 revolution.
Directed By:Wayne Blair
Written By:Hanna Weg, Dalia Sofer
Septembers of Shiraz
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Jun 23, 2016
30
The trouble is, director Wayne Blair’s perfunctorily handled adaptation of Dalia Sofer’s 2008 novel is long on cardboard characterizations and short on genuine tension.
Jun 23, 2016
20
While the film aims for humane evenhandedness, recognizing both Farnez's lower-class condescension and the revolutionaries' hypocrisy, the characters are so skin-deep that we never respond to them as people.
Jun 20, 2016
20
This lifeless, by-the-numbers production is an excruciating exercise in cliche and tedium. Its sole joy is in trying to figure out which of its leads is overacting most.
Jun 24, 2016
12
The result is another vacuous melodrama/thriller that doesn’t lay a glove on the era’s historical complexities.
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Jan 26, 2017
8
Much better than the critics said. Solid acting. Based on a true story. Nail-biting plot providing much food for thought. Much better than "Gravity", which critics loved for some reason.
Production Company:
- Eclectic Pictures
- Ambi Pictures
- Crosscurrent Productions
- G-BASE
- Millennium Films
- UVT-Soho
Release Date:Jun 24, 2016
Duration:1 h 50 m
Rating:PG-13
Awards
Haifa International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination




























