Maryam Keshavarz and Rexa Sixo Safai knew that making a film that was critical of the repressive regime running Iran would have repercussions, Both have family still living there that they might not be able to see again soon. When I spoke with them on May 3, 2011, that was the first thing I wanted to discuss with them. Safai, like Keshavarz thought it was worth the risk, and then went on to describe phone calls back to Iran from the United States during which his father would warn him to be careful what he said because someone might be listening in. They went on to describe the similarities between Lebanon, where the film was shot, and Iran, as well as circumventing the censorship that the film's frank depiction of same-sex attraction might have incurred.

Maryam Keshavarz and Rexa Sixo Safai knew that making a film that was critical of the repressive regime running Iran would have repercussions, Both have family still living there that they might not be able to see again soon. When I spoke with them on May 3, 2011, that was the first thing I wanted to discuss with them. Safai, like Keshavarz thought it was worth the risk, and then went on to describe phone calls back to Iran from the United States during which his father would warn him to be careful what he said because someone might be listening in. They went on to describe the similarities between Lebanon, where the film was shot, and Iran, as well as circumventing the censorship that the film's frank depiction of same-sex attraction might have incurred.