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Sunday, Apr 23, 2023
3 PM (91 mins)
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BAMPFA
Fremont
Closed captioned
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Anaita Wali Zada, Jeremy Allen White, Gregg Turkington,
A former translator for the US military, Donya (Anaita Wali Zada) now lives among the Afghan diaspora who call the eponymous Bay Area suburb home and makes a living writing fortune cookie epigrams in Babak Jabali’s wry, character-driven drama. Faced with hostility from neighbors who regard her as a traitor and plagued by insomnia, Donya struggles in her new homeland, but she’s game for exploration. Newcomer Zada is pitch-perfect and receives excellent support from Gregg Turkington as a Jack London-obsessed psychiatrist and Jeremy Allen White as a sweet-natured mechanic. Shot in luminous black-and-white, Fremont presents a delightfully droll slice of one woman’s life.
FILM DETAILS
Screenwriter
- Babak Jalali
- Carolina Cavalli
Cinematographer
- Laura Valladao
Language
- English
- Dari
- and Cantonese
- with English subtitles
Print Info
- B&W
- DCP
- 91 mins
Source
- SFFILM