Universal Language

when you go to winnipeg but it’s iranian the highways, parking lots, shoddy buses… all that concrete and empty space. it’s like winnipeg had some sort of quiet revolution within a cold & sprawling car-dominated canada. the hard infrastructure of the city quietly clashes with the colorful life within it. the film seems to politicize these marginal spaces, like the cemetery beside a highway, or the parking lot at dusk. shows how communities can repurpose hostile urban design through sheer persistence. the switches between farsi and quebecois are so jarring and fascinating, and i’m wondering if the agha/khanoum swaps are deliberate? gender & class dynamics in persian winnipeg i’ve made it sound like a serious and romantic film, but it was really just hilarious & gorgeous. loved Agha Gamgosar and his turkey, they were texting. also loved persian tim hortons with the samovar ❤️ this could get five stars once i sit on it a little more..