Appropriate Behavior
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| Directed by | Desiree Akhavan |
| Written by | Desiree Akhavan |
| Produced by | Cecilia Frugiuele |
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| Cinematography | Chris Teague |
| Edited by | Sara Shaw |
| Music by | Josephine Wiggs |
Production company | Parkville Pictures |
| Distributed by | Peccadillo Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $123,699 |
Appropriate Behavior is a 2014 British romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Desiree Akhavan in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Akhavan as Shirin, a bisexual Persian American woman in Brooklyn struggling to rebuild her life after breaking up with her girlfriend Maxine (Rebecca Henderson). The cast also includes Scott Adsit, Halley Feiffer, Anh Duong, Hooman Majd, Arian Moayed and Aimee Mullins.
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 18 January 2014. It was released in the United States on 16 January 2015 by Gravitas Ventures and in the United Kingdom on 6 March 2015 by Peccadillo Pictures.