Universal Language

This film longs to hold you.

Genres

ComedyDrama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Persian

Runtime

89 mins

Rating

7.5/10

Release Date

20 September 2024

Country

Canada

Cast

Rojina Esmaeili

Negin

Saba Vahedyousefi

Nazgol

Matthew Rankin

Matthew (Massoud)

Pirouz Nemati

Massoud (Matthew)

Mani Soleymanlou

Iraj Bilodeau

Ila Firouzabadi

Bus Driver

Sobhan Javadi

Omid

Danielle Fichaud

Monsieur Castonguay

Bahram Nabatian

Hafez Ghamghosar

Hemela Pourafzal

Woman with Turkey

Dara Najmabadi

Pirouz

Denis Houle

Jean

Amir Amiri

Musician 1

Faraz Anoushahpour

Tourist 3

Bernard Arène

Pharmacist

Gilnaz Arzpeyma

Samovar technician

Asinnajaq

Knitter

Baharan BaniAhmadi

Miss Zardooz

Sarianne Cormier

Ticket Agent

Sahar Mofidi

Lacrimologist

Zhila Naghibzadeh

Tourist 1

Nima Pourtolami

Birthday cake salesman

Ramin S. Khanjani

Bingo mistress

Mohammad Salari

Annie St-Pierre

Jeanne and Réjeanne Suissûr

Aonan Yang

Nora Zarkandi

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