Salón Rojo
2024
Fireflies (2018)
October 21, 20181h 28mES
6.0
30 votes
Overview
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.
Director
Bani KhoshnoudiWriter
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Persian
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Zensky CinePensée Sauvage FilmsFondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de CalidadHaos FilmAurora Dominicana
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User Reviews
CinemaSerf
6.0Arash Marandi ("Ramin") has escaped his harsh life in Iran and is trying to make it to Greece. Unfortunately, he stowed aboard a boat going a bit further afield - and he ends up in Mexico with little money and even less Spanish. Using his limited English, he manages to find some lodgings and a job in construction for which his svelte frame is ill suited. He is gay and occasionally seeks comfort under the pier, but the main object of his affections is increasingly his tattooed pal "Guillermo" (Luis Alberti) who has designs on emigrating for a construction job in Canada. The narrative is busy; w…
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