In Winnipeg, Nazgol and Hossein try to help a classmate recover an Iranian banknote. At the same time, a character named Matthew Rankin quits his job in Montreal to be closer to his family in Winnipeg, where he meets Massoud, a tour guide who also takes care of Rankin's mother. But appearances are deceiving...
This is the screenplay forUne langue universelle, Matthew Rankin's new film in selection for the Quinzaine des Cinéastes 2024, which runs from May 15 to 25 during the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. The cast includes Matthew Rankin, Mani Soleymanlou and Pirouz Nemati.
A man returns to his native Winnipeg to find his ailing mother. Two Iranian children search for a way to remove a banknote frozen in the ice. A strange guide offers a tour of historic monuments to a group of tourists. Space-time is turned upside down in this absurdist, deadpan comedy: brutalist architecture, geometric shot compositions, melancholy humor, Une langue universelle carries high the colors of Winnipeg's surrealist cinema blended with the universe of Studio Kanoun's Iranian films."
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Films selected for the Directors' Fortnight
Now it's the Quinzaine des Cinéastes' turn to unveil its 2024 selection, to be screened from May 15 to 25 during the Cannes Film Festival 2024. The 56th edition of this independent film event features 30 singular films that resist the dominant ideology. [Read more]
The Cannes Film Festival returns to the Croisette for its 77th edition from May 14 to 25, 2024. Click here for all the latest news and information! [Read more]
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Films selected for the Directors' Fortnight
Cannes Festival 2024: The latest news and information about the 77th edition
