When it comes to Brooklyn-set, female-led features at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Jenny Slate’s Obvious Child seemed to stir up the most attention, but for those looking a bit deeper there was Appropriate Behavior. Marking the directorial debut of Desiree Akhavan (who also writes and stars), the first trailer has now arrived ahead of an impending release.
The story follows Akhavan as Shirin, who must deal with her strict Persian family as she explores her bisexuality. Injecting a great deal of comedy into the situation, the trailer sells a genuinely funny feature we’re looking forward to catching up with. Also starring Scott Adsit, Anh Duong, Halley Feiffer, Rebecca Henderson, and Arian Moayed, check out the trailer and clip below.
For Shirin, being part of a perfect Persian family isn’t easy. Acceptance eludes her from all sides: her family doesn’t know she’s bisexual, and her ex-girlfriend, Maxine, can’t understand why she doesn’t tell them. Even the six-year-old boys in her moviemaking class are too ADD to focus on her for more than a second. Following a family announcement of her brother’s betrothal to a parentally approved Iranian prize catch, Shirin embarks on a private rebellion involving a series of pansexual escapades, while trying to decipher what went wrong with Maxine.
Appropriate Behavior will be released on January 16th in theaters and on VOD.