Universal Language

Sep 20, 2024

1h 29m

★ 7.0

This film longs to hold you.

Overview

Winter. Somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg. Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen deep within the sidewalk ice and try to find a way to get it out. Massoud leads a group of befuddled tourists upon an increasingly-strange walking tour of Winnipeg historic sites. Matthew leaves his job at the Québec government and embarks upon a mysterious journey to visit his estranged mother.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Metafilms

Universal Language Trailers

Cast

Negin

Rojina Esmaeili

Nazgol

Saba Vahedyousefi

Matthew (Massoud)

Matthew Rankin

Massoud (Matthew)

Pirouz Nemati

Iraj Bilodeau

Mani Soleymanlou

Bus Driver

Ila Firouzabadi

Omid

Sobhan Javadi

Monsieur Castonguay

Danielle Fichaud

Hafez Ghamghosar

Bahram Nabatian

Woman with Turkey

Hemela Pourafzal

Pirouz

Dara Najmabadi

Jean

Denis Houle

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