Canadian Movie Night: Une Langue Universelle, 6pm

🗓 Date: Thursday, March 27th, 2025
🕒 Time: 6pm
📍 Venue: Alliance Française de San Francisco, Bush St, SF.
As part of the Francophonie month, the Alliance Française de San Francisco welcomes you for a very special screening: the Canadian movie Universal Language by Matthew RANKIN!
"An Oscar-Worthy Delight" —COLLIDER
"A magnificent film, one that feels warm and familiar even as we realize just how startlingly original it is." —VULTURE
"Formally precise and very funny" —FILMMAKER MAGAZINE
"...full of memorable images..." —THE FILM STAGE

Synopsis:

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 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 enigmat journey to visit his mother. Space, time and personal identities crossfade, interweave and echo into a surreal comedy of misdirection.
Link to trailer:

UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Run Time: 89min
Directed by MATTHEW RANKIN
Screenplay by ILA FIROUZABADI, PIROUZ NEMATI and MATTHEW RANKIN
Produced by SYLVAIN CORBEIL
Starring: MATTHEW RANKIN, PIROUZ NEMAT, ROJINA ESMAEILI, DANIELLE FICHAUD and SOBHAN JAVADI
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE - Academy Awards® Shortlist - Best International Feature Film - Canada

Follow this link for more information: https://universallanguage.oscilloscope.net/

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Alliance Française de San Francisco, 1345 Bush Street, San Francisco, United States