Universal Language - ACMI Matinees

Canadian director Matthew Rankin pays homage to the masters of Iranian cinema with his super stylish and satisfyingly strange award-winner.

We’re in present-day Winnipeg, but things look more like post-revolution Tehran – and both French and English have given way to Farsi.

A disillusioned teacher arrives late to school only to reprimand a student for arriving moments after him. On the way home from school, two students find a banknote frozen in the icy path, setting them forth on a mission to break it free. Meanwhile, a filmmaker (played by director Matthew Rankin) moves back to the city to find that another man has taken his place.

Welcome to Winnipeg: “one great city.”

🔗 https://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/matinees/universal-language/

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📍 Cinema 1, Level 2
ACMI, Fed Square
📅 Fri 20 Jun – Sun 29 Jun

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Image: Universal Language (2024) © Metafilms

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