Video from Universal Language
Directed by: Matthew Rankin
Universal Language
North Park Theatre
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Matthew Rankin (Dir), 99 minutes, Canada, Western New York Premiere
In Persian, French and English w/ English subtitles.
In a mysterious and surreal interzone somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg, the lives of multiple characters interweave with each other in surprising ways.
Grade-schoolers 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. Matthew quits his meaningless job in a Québecois government office and sets out upon an enigmatic journey to visit his mother.
Space, time and personal identities crossfade, interweave and echo into a surreal comedy of misdirection.
An Oscilloscope Laboratories release.
Still from Universal Language
Directed by: Matthew Rankin
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