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Universal Language

2024
  • Comedy,
  • Farsi/French,
  • Subtitled,
  • 89 Minutes,
  • Canada
    • Director: Matthew Rankin
    • Producers: Sylvain Corbeil
    • Screenwriters: Matthew Rankin, Pirouz Nemati, Ila Firouzabadi
    • Starring: Rojina Esmaeili, Saba Vahedyousefi, Sobham Javadi, Mani Soleymanlou, Matthew Rankin, Pirouz Nemati

    In a mysterious and surreal interzone somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg, the lives of multiple characters interweave with each other in surprising and mysterious ways. Gradeschoolers Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen in the winter ice and try to claim it. Meanwhile, Massoud leads a group of increasingly-befuddled tourists through the monuments and historic sites of Winnipeg. Space, time and personal identities crossfade, interweave and echo into a surreal comedy of misdirection.