The Persian Connection
Synopsis (Short)
After being wrongly accused of stealing from his former boss, an Iranian gangster must hunt down stolen drugs in this neon-noir fever dream set in the Persian and Russian underworld of Los Angeles, where pink nails reign supreme.
Synopsis (Long)
As a child soldier, Behrouz (Reza Sixo Safai) miraculously survived the Iran-Iraq War to be squirreled away to the streets of Los Angeles. After two decades under the ruthless Iranian mobster Cirrus Golshiri (Parviz Sayyad), Behrouz leaves the underworld to follow his American Dream of becoming a “Real Estate Man”. But after a chance encounter involving a high-stakes poker game, he is brought back into the life he left behind and accused of stealing from his former boss. Behrouz and his Russian girlfriend Oksana (Helena Mattsson), must hunt down missing drugs as events from his past and present clash spiraling out of control. PERSIAN CONNECTION is an electric neon-noir fever dream set in the Persian opium underworld of Los Angeles.
Written By
Daniel Y-Li Grove
Story By:
Reza Sizo Safai
Director
Daniel Y-Li Grove
Produced By
Patrick Grove
Reza Sixo Safai
Seth Caplan
Executive Producer:
Daniel Y-Li Grove
Luke Elliot
Cast
Reza Sixo Safai
Helena Mattson
Parviz Sayyad
Julian Sands
Laura Harring
Dominic Rains
Nikolai Kinski
Gregory Kasyan
David Diaan
Daniel Zolghadri
