''Marriage, Iranian Style'' () is a

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directed by

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. The film's release was delayed by censors, who insisted on trimming the role played by Canadian Daniel Holmes. It was especially popular in major cities in Iran and was also released in the United States. The screenplay was written by Minoo Farshchi.

Plot

It tells the story of love and eventual marriage of an Iranian girl named Shirin (

Shila Khodadad Shila Khodadad (; born November 5, 1980) is an Iranian actress. She has played in some films such as ''Marriage, Iranian Style'', ''Saint Petersburg (film), Saint Petersburg'' and in a famous Iranian TV series, ''Traveler from India''. Shila Kho ...

) and an American engineer working in Iran (Daniel Holmes).

Reception

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'' called the film an "alternately charming and overwrought Persian comedy of manners". Kevin Thomas wrote in the ''

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'' that ''Marriage, Iranian Style'' was "a most effective comedy, full of warmth and affection, that at the same time is remarkably daring, considering the tenseness of U.S.-Iranian relations", also noting that its "timely subtext tinged with melancholy over East-West relations".

References

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