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Universal Language

Dates with showtimes for Universal Language
  • Fri, Feb 28
  • Sat, Mar 1
  • Mon, Mar 3
  • Tue, Mar 4
  • Wed, Mar 5
  • Thu, Mar 27

The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve.  For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats.  Screening will begin promptly at midnight.

Director: Matthew Rankin Run Time: 89 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2024 Language: French

Starring: Mani Soleymanlou, Matthew Rankin, Pirouz Nemati, Rojina Esmaeili, Saba Vahedyousefi

Come on out for Universal Language, a new absurdist comedy-drama from Matthew Rankin!

Winter. Somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg. Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen deep within the sidewalk ice and try to find a way to get it out. Massoud leads a group of befuddled tourists upon an increasingly-strange walking tour of Winnipeg historic sites. Matthew (Matthew Rankin) leaves his job at the Québec government and embarks upon a mysterious journey to visit his estranged mother.

Premiering at the Directors’ Fortnight section at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, Universal Language was selected as Canada’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.

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