Selected Highlights
Universal Language
Description
Matthew Rankin's delightfully offbeat comedy manages to say something profound and moving about culture and community with one simple but radical idea: what if Persian were the first language of a stylised but still drolly recognisable Winnipeg?
From the sclerotic schoolteacher who despairs at the stupidity of his students, to the forlorn ex-bureaucrat (Rankin himself) travelling to see his mother to the guide bringing bedraggled groups of tourists around the grey and beige "sights" of the city, the stories of the friends, enemies, strangers, shopkeepers and neighbours of this Wes Anderson-style ensemble are loosely arranged around the mission of two young girls to find a way to claim an unexpected windfall: a banknote just visible beneath the frozen surface of a slippery expanse of rock-hard, Canadian-winter lake ice.
The hidden gem that is Universal Language feels like just such a wonderful discovery.
Tickets & Pricing
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Thu, 31 Oct 2024 8:30 - 10:00pm
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Universal Language
Thu, 31 Oct 2024, 8:30pm
Matthew Rankin's delightfully offbeat comedy manages to say something profound and moving about culture and community
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Belfast Film Festival
Competition Shorts: Programme Two
Sat, 02 Nov 2024, 12:00pm
Enjoy these 3 short films as part of the competition shorts for Belfast Film Festival.
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