Fireflies

Name: Fireflies
Genre: Drama
Released: 2018-10-21
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Arash Marandi, Flor Eduarda Gurrola, Luis Alberti, Eligio Meléndez, Ishbel Bautista

2018·Drama·1h 28m

7.1

★

Ramin flees from persecution in Iran and ends up living in the limbo of exile, far from everything he knows, in the tropical port town of Veracruz, Mexico. There his nostalgia and melancholy are confronted with new friendships, while he starts to rediscover his own desires.

Directed by Bani Khoshnoudi

friendship

self-discovery

identity

melancholy

exile

migration

tropical

heartbreak

lgbt

solitude

masculinity

veracruz

gay theme

Trailer

IMDB

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Cast

Arash Marandi

Ramin

Flor Eduarda Gurrola

Leti (as Flor Eduarda Gurrola)

Luis Alberti

Guillermo

Eligio Meléndez

Jorge

Ishbel Bautista

Rosi

Crew

Bani Khoshnoudi

Director

Bani Khoshnoudi

Screenplay

Miguel Schverdfinger

Editor

Benjamín Echazarreta

Director of Photography

Athina Rachel Tsangari

Co-Producer

Bani Khoshnoudi

Producer

Félix Blume

Sound

Popular Reviews

1 review

Neo Bryce

7.0★ · 05/30/25

Just brilliant. Fantastic writing and superb acting. The cast really elevates the material and what a compelling protagonist. I especially enjoyed the language barrier.