Maryam (2002 film)

Film

Maryam

Directed by| Ramin Serry
Written by| Ramin Serry
Produced by| Shauna Lyon
Cyrus Serry
Jonathan Shoemaker
Derrick Tseng
Edited by| Ahrin Mishan
Music by| Gary Levy

Production
companies

Centre Street
Streetlight Films

Distributed by| Streetlight Films

Running time

| 87 minutes
Country| English
Language| United States

Maryam is a 2002 film about a young woman who is an Iranian immigrant living in the United States at the time of the Iran hostage crisis. The film was written and directed by Ramin Serry. Mariam Parris plays the young woman. The film also features Shaun Toub as her father, Shohreh Aghdashloo as her mother, and David Ackert as her cousin, Ali, who becomes an Islamic fundamentalist.

Maryam was featured in the third Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival in 2001.

The word "Maryam" is the Aramaic name of Mary, the mother of Jesus and means the same in Persian language. Maryam also means Tuberose in Persian and is a common first name in Iran.

## External links[edit | edit source]

* Review by Roger Ebert
* Template:WikidataCheck Maryam at IMDb

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