An Iranian family survives the shah and the ayatollah and moves to France. This story follows the family through it all. Despite the politics, revolution, prison, beatings, assassinations and suicides this is a comedy.
Hibat Tabib
Kheiron
Fereshteh Tabib
Leïla Bekhti
Father of Fereshteh
Gérard Darmon
Mother of Fereshteh
Zabou Breitman
Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Alexandre Astier
Barbe
Kyan Khojandi
Chief prison warden
Arsène Mosca
Chokri
Jonathan Cohen
Maryam
Camélia Jordana
Adama
Ériq Ebouaney
Daniel Bioton, mayor of Pierrefitte
Michel Vuillermoz
Martine
Margot Bancilhon
Muhamad Tabib
Sébastien Pouderoux
Mamadou
Adama Bathily
Rachida
Farida Ouchani
Aziz
Khereddine Ennasri
Elyess
Soufiane Guerrab
Rachida's daughter
Sofia Lesaffre
Catherine Hanriot
Carole Franck
Abdel
Mourad Boudaoud
Policewoman
Alice Pehlivanyan
Shah's man
Azize Kabouche
Maïmouna
Maryama Soumare
The polygamist
Emilio Bissaya
Jeannette
Claudette Walker
Journalist
Sébastien Deux
Sorour
Toufan Manoutcheri
Rasfandjani
Jamal Lababsi
Hibat's mother
Fatima Naji
Moniré as a child
Rania Assad Lahlou
Teacher
Abdellah Chakiri
Self - Guardian
Anas El Akil
Guard
Younes Badaoui
Neighbor at the wedding
Saida Mokrini
Cyrus
Mansour Badri
Armand
Antoine Stioui
Guy next to Aziz
Gary Mihaileanu
Woman who chatters
Maud Pugliese
Woman who chatters
Léa Moszkowicz
Mother in the hospital
Hortense Belhôte
Nouchi, 4 years old
Naël Rabia
Nouchi, 6 years old
Rayan Rabia
Nouchi, 9 years old
Orian Castano
Nouchi's mistress
Patricia Dubois
Food truck customer
Stéphane Szestak
Lost mother
Corinne Valancogne
Principal
Pasquale D'Inca
Salimou
Mohamed Touré
Deputy principal
Xavier Alcan
Policeman at the meeting
Jean-Jérôme Esposito
Brother tabib
Hamza Boumalki
Iradj
Ali Esmili
Ghassemlou
Rony Kramer
Clément Massol
Berouz
Alaa Safi
Nasser (uncredited)
Sébastien Houbani
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ruhollah Khomeini
Behzad (uncredited)
Fayçal Safi
Iranian agent (uncredited)
David Serero