A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a newborn, graduating from grade school, getting a driver’s license, applying for a job, or seeking approval for a film script, if you live in Iran, you best come fluent in Orwellian discourse. Progressing along a rough timeline from birth to death, each story is shot in a static camera angle as a single petitioner negotiates with an authority figure hovering just outside of frame, who is practiced in the language of doublespeak.
Unfortunately the movie Terrestrial Verses is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Production | Cyrus Neshvad | Co-Producer |
| Production | Reyhaneh Rad | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Ehsan Vaseghi | Editor |
| Sound | Alireza Alavian | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Masoud Fayazzadeh | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mehdi Sayad | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Morvarid Kashiyan | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Iman Tavakoli | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Mohammad Askari | Production Manager |
| Art | Hamed Aslani | Set Designer |
| Sound | Abdolreza Heydari | Sound |
| Sound | Iman Bazyar | Sound |
| Visual Effects | Kamyar Shafipour | Visual Effects |
| Directing | Ali Asgari | Director |
| Directing | Alireza Khatami | Director |
| Writing | Ali Asgari | Writer |
| Production | Ali Asgari | Producer |
| Writing | Alireza Khatami | Writer |
| Production | Alireza Khatami | Co-Producer |
| Production | Milad Khosravi | Producer |
| Camera | Adib Sobhani | Director of Photography |
