Fremont

By Babak Jalali

Synopsis

Donya, a 20-some­thing Afghan refugee, works for a Chi­nese for­tune cook­ie fac­to­ry in San Fran­cis­co. For­mer­ly a trans­la­tor for the U.S. mil­i­tary in Afghanistan, she strug­gles to put her life back in order. Her rou­tine changes when she’s pro­mot­ed to writ­ing the for­tunes at her job. In a moment of sud­den rev­e­la­tion, she decides to send out a spe­cial mes­sage in a cookie.

By : Babak Jalali
Year : 2023
Duration : 1H28
With : Anaita Wali Zada, Gregg Turkington, Jeremy Allen White, Hilda Schmelling, Avis See-tho
Nationality : USA

In Eng­lish, Dari & Can­tonese with French sub­ti­tles 

Pro­duc­tion

Mar­janeh Moghi­mi, Sud­nya Shroff, Rachael Fung, George Rush, Chris Mar­tin & Lau­ra Wagner

Script 

Car­oli­na Cav­al­li & Babak Jalali

Cin­e­matog­ra­phy

Lau­ra Val­ladao 

Edit­ing 

Babak Jalali

Music 

Mah­moud Schricker

Dis­tri­b­u­tion

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