Trailer
Assistive Technologies

Universal Language (2024)

Runtime
1hr 29mins
Directed by
Matthew Rankin
Featuring
Matthew Rankin,
Pirouz Nemati,
Amir Amiri
Film Language
in Persian & French with English subtitles
Body

In a mysterious and surreal interzone somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg, the lives of multiple characters interweave with each other in surprising and mysterious ways. 

Gradeschoolers 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.

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