In Toronto lively music, intricate textiles and vibrant colours paint an unlikely story of love and family when Badi and Sharon, two young students with very different upbringings from a divided Persian community, accidentally fall in love.
Social & External
The people behind it
Sammy Azero
Badi Alavi
Mo Zeighami
Sharon Moridi
Navid Negahban
Narrator (voice)
Mahsa Ghorbankarimi
Tessa Moridi
Ali Badshah
Fred Moridi
Niaz Salimi
Zahra Moridi
Kathryn Davis
Kim
Elias Edraki
Arash Alavi
Sarah Camacho
Jess
Farid Yazdani
Som
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