Fireflies

Oct 21, 2018

1h 28m

★ 5.9

Overview

Ramin flees from persecution in Iran and ends up living in the limbo of exile, far from everything he knows, in the tropical port town of Veracruz, Mexico. There his nostalgia and melancholy are confronted with new friendships, while he starts to rediscover his own desires.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Zensky Cine

Pensée Sauvage Films

Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad

Haos Film

Aurora Dominicana

Fireflies Trailers

Cast

Ramin

Arash Marandi

Leti (as Flor Eduarda Gurrola)

Flor Eduarda Gurrola

Guillermo

Luis Alberti

Jorge

Eligio Meléndez

Rosi

Ishbel Bautista

Ernesto

Eduardo Mendizabal

Cuyo

Uriel Ledesma

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