Universal Language
Opens February 14, 2025
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.
- Original Language Title: Une Langue Universelle
- Director: Matthew Rankin
- Principal Cast: Matthew Rankin, Pirouz Nemati, Rojina Esmaeili, Danielle Fichaud, Sobhan Javadi
- Country: Canada (Québec)
- Year: 2024
- Running Time: 89 min.
- Producer: Sylvain Corbeil
- Screenplay: Ila Firouzabadi, Pirouz Neemati, Matthew Rankin
- Cinematographers: Isabelle Stachtchenko
- Editors: Xi Feng
- Music: Amir Amiri, Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux
- Filmography: The Twentieth Century
- Language: Farsi, French
- Has Subtitles: Yes
- US Distributor: Oscilloscope Laboratories
- International Sales: Best Friend Forever