Virginia Film Festival

Official Oscar^© Selection—Canada

In a reimagined Canada where Persian and French are the two official languages, the lives of multiple characters intersect in this absurdist, cross-cultural comedy. In Winnipeg, sisters Negin and Nazgol go on an epic quest to discover a sum of money frozen beneath the winter ice, occasionally disturbing a tour group led by the flustered Massoud as he does his best to explain the city’s oddities.

Meanwhile, in Montreal, government worker Matthew Rankin quits his meaningless job and catches the first bus back home, only to discover his family is not what he thought it was. Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin pays homage to classic Iranian Cinema from directors like Jafar Panahi, Abbas Kiarostami, and Mohsen Makhmalbaf while reimagining an ordinary place into something momentarily special where individual differences are celebrated.

Introduction by Samhita Sunya (VAFF)

This film is part of the Middle Eastern and South Asian Cinema Series presented by UVA Arts Council and supported by Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures.