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Fremont (2023)

25/08/2023 (US)Comedy, Drama1h 32m
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Donya, a lonely Afghan refugee and former translator, spends her twenties drifting through a meager existence in Fremont, California. Shuttling between her job writing fortunes for a fortune cookie factory and sessions with her eccentric therapist, Donya suffers from insomnia and survivor's guilt over those still left behind in Kabul as she desperately searches for love.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Anaita Wali Zada

      Anaita Wali Zada

      Donya

    2. Jeremy Allen White

      Jeremy Allen White

      Daniel

    3. Gregg Turkington

      Gregg Turkington

      Dr. Anthony

    4. Hilda Schmelling

      Joanna

    5. Siddique Ahmed

      Salim

    6. Taban Ibraz

      Mina

    7. Avis See-tho

      Fan

    8. Timur Nusratty

      Suleyman

    9. Eddie Tang

      Ricky

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    A review by badelf

    10.0
    Written by badelf on Jan 11, 2025

    Fremont: A Cinematic Tone Poem of Displacement and Possibility In Babak Jalali's Fremont, cinema becomes poetry — a delicate cartography of human longing mapped across monochrome landscapes. Sahar, an Afghan refugee working in a fortune cookie factory, navigates her new life with a quiet, determined resilience. Take the moment her Chinese factory owners gift her a deer—seemingly random, until you understand the profound symbolism. Rooted in the Jataka Tales, the deer represents selflessness and courage, a Buddhist parable about sacrifice that reflects Sahar's own journey of transformatio...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget$3,000,000.00

    Revenue$600,376.00

    Keywords

    • immigrant
    • california
    • post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
    • san francisco, california
    • afghanistan
    • fortune cookie
    • oakland, california
    • black and white
    • racial prejudice
    • translator
    • us military