And Sometimes Why Kathy Kaveh

In 1979, 8-year-old Miryam’s world collapses when her friend Ari’s father is executed, marking the beginning of the Iranian Revolution and the end of her childhood innocence. Hoping to escape persecution, Ari joins Miryam’s family when they migrate to America.

Her parents return to Iran, leaving Miryam and Ari to raise her two younger brothers in a real and dangerous game of house. Miryam sacrifices her teenage years for her family, with Ari as her unrequited love interest and her only ally.

Years later, following a short visit to Iran, Miryam’s parents force her to stay. A now-Westernized young woman in a socially repressed country suddenly stripped of her adult roles, Miryam’s world becomes a never-ending party laden with black-market alcohol and superficial friendships. Torn between love and duty, Miryam spirals into a self-inflicted prison of self destruction.