Director: Ruben Amar, Lola Bessis
Cast: Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson, Grace Van Dien, Noa Fisher, Odley Jean, Charlie Mac
Silver Star is a 2025 American crime-comedy-drama directed by Ruben Amar and Lola Bessis, starring Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson and Grace Van Dien in a road-movie that pairs a desperate young woman with a stranger across sprawling American highways, blending dark humor with genuine emotional stakes.
What is Silver Star about?
Billie is a young woman carrying a secret burden — her estranged parents are in danger, and she sees only one way out: rob a bank. The plan falls apart almost immediately, and she ends up fleeing with an unwilling companion: Franny, a pregnant teenager who is bold, unpredictable, and has very little to lose. The two could not be more different. One is driven by guilt and obligation; the other by a raw, unfiltered instinct to survive. As they cross sun-lit plains and back-road towns, their friction slowly gives way to something neither expected — an unlikely solidarity forged under pressure. The film follows their journey without revealing whether either woman will find the future she imagines.
Cast & crew
Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson leads as Billie, bringing a restrained intensity to a character pulled between loyalty and desperation. Grace Van Dien plays Franny with disarming spontaneity — her pregnant teenager feels vivid and unscripted. The supporting ensemble includes Noa Fisher, Odley Jean, Charlie Mac, Tamara Fruits, Albert M. Chan, and Josh Silverman, rounding out a cast built around authentic, grounded performances.
Context & significance
Road movies about two mismatched women on the run carry a long tradition in American cinema, and Silver Star joins that lineage with a distinctly contemporary sensibility. For diaspora viewers who grew up watching American genre films — comedies with real dramatic weight, thrillers that also make you laugh — this one travels familiar emotional territory while keeping its characters genuinely unpredictable. The original-language audio gives Persian-speaking audiences direct access to the performances as intended. At 102 minutes it moves quickly, and its scenic backdrops across the American landscape offer a kind of geography that Iranian-diaspora viewers living in North America will recognize immediately from their own surroundings.
Where & how to watch
Silver Star is available on K-Time in its original English audio (no Persian dub or subtitles at this time). Stream it on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and you can cancel anytime.