Tehran – The 2024 Canadian absurd comedy-drama film, Universal Language (also known as “The Song of a Turkey”), co-written and directed by Matthew Rankin, will be screened on Monday at the Cinematheque of the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran.
After the 90-minute film was on display, a review session will be held with film critic Mohammad Hashemi, Isna reported.
The film is set in another reality where Persian, not English, is the dominant language of Canada, but it coexists with French.
Described as a “disorientational surreal comedy,” the set, “Somewhere Between Tehran and Winnipeg,” fuses the narratives of Negina (Logina Esmaeli) and Nazgor (Saba Vardiists) who try to find and argue frozen money in the film, a gradual convergence that was initially unrelated but gradually converge. Massoud (Pirouz Nemati), a tour guide in Winnipeg who leads a confused and confused tour group. Matthew (Rankin) quits his obscure job with the Quebec government and moves home to Winnipeg to visit his mother.
“Universal Language” received positive reviews from critics and was named one of the top five international films of 2024. The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best International feature film at the 97th Academy Awards.
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