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Fremont

Fremont

2023Movie⏱️ 1h 31m
Drama
6.9
IMDB Rating
4,037 votes

Donya works for a Chinese fortune cookie factory. Formerly a translator for the U.S. military, she struggles to put her life back in order. In a moment of sudden revelation, she decides to send out a special message in a cookie.

Director
Babak Jalali
Writers
Carolina Cavalli, Babak Jalali
Stars
Anaita Wali Zada, Gregg Turkington, Jeremy Allen White
Release Date
October 10, 2023
Language
English, Dari, Cantonese
Country
United States
🏆 7
Wins
🎯 13
Nominations
💬 26
Reviews
📋 10.2K
Watchlists
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

👤
Anaita Wali Zada
as Donya
Gregg Turkington
Gregg Turkington
as Dr. Anthony
Jeremy Allen White
Jeremy Allen White
as Daniel
Hilda Schmelling
Hilda Schmelling
as Joanna
👤
Avis See-tho
as Fan
👤
Siddique Ahmed
as Salim
👤
Taban Ibraz
as Mina
👤
Timur Nusratty
as Suleyman
👤
Eddie Tang
as Ricky
👤
Jennifer McKay
as Lin

💰 Box Office

$601,594
Worldwide Gross
$271,343
Domestic Gross
$21,033
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Production
Butimar Productions, Extra A Productions, Blue Morning Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

refugeefortune cookie factorytherapy sessioninsomniacroad trip

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

Lovely little film
by jurquhart-244292024-05-09
8/10

"I saw this yesterday in one of our vintage Melbourne cinemas (Balwyn) and found myself to be the only person in the 50-seater room, which suited me fine, because I could completely lose myself in this dream of a movie. No element of this film is remarkably original but the whole adds up to more than the sum of its parts, and the newcomer Anaita Wali Zada is a delight and a captivating screen presence in a way that is hard to define. As others have said, both in appreciation and in criticism, all the performances are understated in this understated movie but in a good way. Even the story is un..."

💡 Did You Know?

Around 17,000 US visas have been issued to Afghan translators plus around 10,000 for relatives with as many still dangerously left behind after troops pulled out. At the peak, the Taliban were killing a translator every day.

📖 Synopsis

Donya works for a Chinese fortune cookie factory. Formerly a translator for the U.S. military, she struggles to put her life back in order. In a moment of sudden revelation, she decides to send out a special message in a cookie.