A event held at The Cube on Sunday 23rd March. The event starts at 17:00.
Universal Language
Dir: Matthew Rankin, Canada, 2024, 89 mins, Farsi and French with English subtitles, Cert 18 (TBA)
Sun 23 March // 17:00
Tickets: £6
Space, time and personal identities crossfade, interweave and echo into a surreal comedy of misdirection.
In a mysterious and surreal interzone between Tehran and Winnipeg, Universal Language 2024 weaves together the lives of multiple characters with deadpan, absurdist charm reminiscent of Cube fave Kaurismaki.
Gradeschoolers Negin and Nazgol discover a bank note frozen in the winter ice, hoping to retrieve it to buy their classmate a new pair of glasses. Meanwhile, Massoud leads a group of increasingly befuddled tourists through Winnipeg's modest historic sites, and Matthew, in an autobiographical role, quits his meaningless job in a Québecois government office to embark on an enigmatic journey to visit his mother.
Imagining a city where Farsi is the predominant language, Rankin's visually and narratively inventive film draws inspiration from 1970s Iranian cinema, blending humanistic children's fables with surreal, Tati-esque humor, set against the wintry, bleakly beautiful backdrop of Winnipeg.
Universal Language 2024 won the Directors’ Fortnight Audience Award at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and was Canada's submission for the 2025 Oscars.
Entry requirements: 18+
Dir: Matthew Rankin, Canada, 2024, 89 mins, Farsi and French with English subtitles, Cert 18 (TBA)
Sun 23 March // 17:00
Tickets: £6
Space, time and personal identities crossfade, interweave and echo into a surreal comedy of misdirection.
In a mysterious and surreal interzone between Tehran and Winnipeg, Universal Language 2024 weaves together the lives of multiple characters with deadpan, absurdist charm reminiscent of Cube fave Kaurismaki.
Gradeschoolers Negin and Nazgol discover a bank note frozen in the winter ice, hoping to retrieve it to buy their classmate a new pair of glasses. Meanwhile, Massoud leads a group of increasingly befuddled tourists through Winnipeg's modest historic sites, and Matthew, in an autobiographical role, quits his meaningless job in a Québecois government office to embark on an enigmatic journey to visit his mother.
Imagining a city where Farsi is the predominant language, Rankin's visually and narratively inventive film draws inspiration from 1970s Iranian cinema, blending humanistic children's fables with surreal, Tati-esque humor, set against the wintry, bleakly beautiful backdrop of Winnipeg.
Universal Language 2024 won the Directors’ Fortnight Audience Award at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and was Canada's submission for the 2025 Oscars.
Entry requirements: 18+
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