UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE

UNE LANGUE UNIVERSELLE

By Matthew RANKIN

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Directors' Fortnight 2024
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Drama, Comedy, Black comedy
    • Countries
    • CANADA
    • Languages
    • FRENCH-CANADIAN, FARSI
    • Duration
    • 89 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Matthew RANKIN
    • Producer(s)
    • Sylvain CORBEIL (METAFILMS INC.)
    • Synopsis
    • Taking place somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg, the lives of several individuals enmesh with one another in unexpected and fascinating ways. Gradeschoolers Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen in the wintery ice and try to claim it. Meanwhile, Massoud leads a group of increasingly-confused tourists through the monuments and historic sites of Winnipeg. Matthew quits his job at a bland Québecois governmental office and embarks upon a mysterious journey to visit his mother. Space, time and personal identities crossfade, interweave and echo into a surreal comedy of disorientation.