Sometimes it can be difficult to discover who you truly are. For Shirin (Desiree Akhavan), this is doubly true. Trying to balance the life of an ideal daughter her Iranian parents, keeping up with the social life and intrigue of Brooklyn and coming to terms with her own bisexuality, Shirin has had an awful lot on her mind, and has been out of work for months. As she fails at each of her own chosen lifestyles, Shirin slowly has to learn who she really is, before she can work on who she wants to be.
Written by, directed and starring Desiree Akhavan, 'Appropriate Behaviour' serves as the debut feature film in each area for Akhavan. The film saw its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 18th February 2014, before showing at the Sydney Film Festival, Vancouver Queer Film Festival, and the London Film Festival in the same year. 'Appropriate Behaviour' opened in the US on 16th January 2015, and is set to show at the Istanbul International Independent Film Festival on 26th January 2015, before opening in the UK for a limited release on 22nd March 2015.
Starring: Desiree Akhavan, Rebecca Henderson, Scott Adsit, Halley Feiffer, Anh Duong, Hooman Majd, Arian Moayed, Aimee Mullins, Christopher James Baker, Robyn Rikoon, Gracie Beardsley, James Claude Bristow, Justine Cotsonas, Ryan Fitzsimmons, Jake Katzman