Surviving Paradise (2000)
1h 25m
Running Time
June 1, 2000Release Date
Plot.
Surviving Paradise follows the adventures of 10-year-old Sam and 8-year-old Sara, Iranian children lost in Los Angeles, as they struggle to search for an uncle and elude the hit man who kidnapped their mother. On their way, they encounter a colorful cast of character and dangerous situations, but through connections they endure the rigors of life on the street.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Pari
Kian Abedini
Sam
Lauren Parissa Abedini
Sara
Joe Alvarez
Mr. F
David Wissak
Mr. Z
Vahik Pirhamzei
Mo
Otis Freeman
Lou
Lunden De'Leon
Phyllis
Verton R. Banks
Lionel
Fred Cline
Business Man
Kamshad Kooshan
Director
Bahman Maghsoudlou
Producer
Paul Mayne
Cinematographer
Stokes McIntyre
Editor
Arlan Jay Vetter
ProductionDesigner
Details.
Wiki.
Surviving Paradise is a 2000 American family adventure/drama film written and directed by Kamshad Kooshan. With three months of theatrical release in major theaters in Southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area, it is considered to be the first English-language Iranian-American film distributed in the United States. It is one of the first to prominently feature Shohreh Aghdashloo in a Hollywood production.
The story concerns the struggles of a newly-arrived Iranian brother and sister in the rough as well as better-off neighborhoods of Los Angeles.