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.
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.
Director
Matthew Rankin was born in Winnipeg and studied history at McGill and Univerité Laval. He is the director of some forty documentary, fiction and animation films which have been presented at Sundance, SXSW, TIFF, Annecy, the Berlinale, the Dawson City International Short Film Festival and at Cannes Critics Week. His first feature, The Twentieth Century (2019), was awarded the 2020 FIPRESCI Prize at the Berlinale. He lives in Montréal.
Cast & crew
CAST
Rojina Esmaeili
Saba Vahedyousefi
Sobhan Javadi
Pirouz Nemati
Matthew Rankin
Mani Soleymanlou
PRODUCER
Sylvain Corbeil (The Nature of Love, Falcon Lake, It’s Only the End of the World, Felix and Meira)
Festivals and awards
- DIRECTORS' FORTNIGHT 2024