Fremont (12a)

Director Babak Jalali. Drama


Beautiful and troubled 20-something Donya, an Afghan translator who used to work with the U.S. government, has trouble sleeping. She lives by herself in Fremont, California, in a building with other Afghan immigrants and often dines alone at a local restaurant watching soap operas. Her routine changes when she's promoted to writing the fortunes at her job at a fortune cookie factory in the city. As her fortunes are read by strangers throughout the Bay, Donya's smoldering longing drives her to send a message out to the world, unsure where it will lead.

Starring Anaita Wali Zada, Jeremy Allen White, Gregg Turkington


Flicks Advisor (comments from our film promoters)

Applause at the end. Many of our audience loved it tho not for everyone. Beautifully filmed, poignant slow gentle pace.

A gentle, slow fascinating film