Universal Language

Universal Language

89 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 18, 2024

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.

Universal Language

89 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 18, 2024

Universal Language
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Metafilms
Original title Une langue universelle
Directors Matthew Rankin
Writers Pirouz Nemati, Ila Firouzabadi, Matthew Rankin

Cast

Rojina Esmaeili

as Negin

Saba Vahedyousefi

as Nazgol

Matthew Rankin

as Matthew (Massoud)

Pirouz Nemati

as Massoud (Matthew)

Mani Soleymanlou

as Iraj Bilodeau

Ila Firouzabadi

as Bus Driver

Sobhan Javadi

as Omid

Danielle Fichaud

as Monsieur Castonguay

Bahram Nabatian

as Hafez Ghamghosar

Hemela Pourafzal

as Woman with Turkey

Dara Najmabadi

as Pirouz

Denis Houle

as Jean