Fremont

Aug 25, 2023

1h 32m

★ 6.4

Overview

Donya, a lonely Afghan refugee and former translator, spends her twenties drifting through a meager existence in Fremont, California. Shuttling between her job writing fortunes for a fortune cookie factory and sessions with her eccentric therapist, Donya suffers from insomnia and survivor's guilt over those still left behind in Kabul as she desperately searches for love.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Butimar Productions

Extra A Productions

Blue Morning Pictures

Fremont Trailers

Cast

Donya

Anaita Wali Zada

Daniel

Jeremy Allen White

Dr. Anthony

Gregg Turkington

Joanna

Hilda Schmelling

Salim

Siddique Ahmed

Mina

Taban Ibraz

Fan

Avis See-tho

Suleyman

Timur Nusratty

Ricky

Eddie Tang

Lin

Jennifer McKay

Amaya

Divya Jakatdar

Aziz

Fazil Seddiqui

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