Fremont
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Fremont

by Babak Jalali

Section
Special Screenings
Country / Year
USA / 2023
Duration
91 Min.
Languages
EnglishEnglish
Dari
Cantonese
Subtitles
GermanGerman
French
Genre
Drama
Tags
Humour
Romantic
Grief
Health
War
Direction
Babak Jalali
Cast
Anaita Wali Zada,
Jeremy Allen White,
Gregg Turkington,
Hilda Schmelling,
Avis See-tho,
Siddique Ahmed,
Taban Ibraz

Can I be happy and fall in love while the people in my homeland suffer? Afghan Donya has lived in Fremont for eight months, working at a fortune cookie factory in Chinatown. However, the extent to which this fortune spills over into her own life is limited: Her newfound freedom is overshadowed by remorse after returning from an assignment in Kabul as an interpreter for the American forces. With FREMONT, Babak Jalali creates an aesthetic and profound black-and-white film that accompanies a young refugee as she comes to terms with what she has experienced and searches for her own happiness.

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