Universal Language(2025)

1h 29m
- Comedy
- Drama

Release Date: Feb 14, 2025 | Limited

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An absurdist tryptic of seemingly unconnected stories find a mysterious point of intersection in Matthew Rankin's autobiographical fever dream set somewhere between Winnipeg and Tehran.

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Director & Top Cast

Matthew Rankin
Director

Matthew Rankin
Matthew

Pirouz Nemati
Massoud

Amir Amiri
Musician 1

Faraz Anoushah Pour
Tourist 3

Bernard Arene
Pharmacist

Gilnaz Arzpeyma

Samovar technician

Asinnajaq

Knitter

Baharan BaniAhmadi

Miss Zardooz

Sarianne Cormier

Ticket agent

Rojina Esmaeili

Actor

Danielle Fichaud

Monsieur Castonguay

Ila Firouzabadi

Bus driver

Denis Houle

Jean Suissûr

Sobhan Javadi

Omid

Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux

Musician 2

Sahar Mofidi

Lacrimologist

Bahram Nabatian

Hafez Ghamgosar

Technical Specifications

Aspect Ratio: 1.66 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: Canada

Language: Persian,French

Summaries

Storyline

Somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg. Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen in the winter ice and try to get it out. Massoud leads a group of increasingly-confused tourists through the monuments and historic sites of Winnipeg. Matthew quits his job at the Québec government and embarks upon a mysterious journey to visit his mother. Time, geography and personal identities crossfade, interweave and collide into a surreal comedy of disorientation. — Matthew Rankin