Synopsis
As Sahar’s parents are visiting Iran for a month, the ten-year-old is left behind in Vancouver - in the care of her grandmother, Maman Zari. Sahar dreams of fitting in with a group of cool kids who ride BMX while Maman Zari suffers from homesickness. In an attempt to find solutions, Sahar and Maman Zari go on a series of adventures that reveal how precious family and cultural connection are.
Credits
Director (1)
Actresses (3)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : 4AM Productions
- Foreign production company : Marginal Factory
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producer : Bertrand Jeandel
- Screenwriters : Anna Belguermi, Negin Khazaee
- Director of photography : Angelica Perez Anzures
- Music Composer : Nicolas Mollet
- Assistant Director : Duke Nolan
- Editor : Marine Chiu
- Sound Recordist : Andrés M. Cortés
- Costume designer : Karyna Barros
- Assistant Operator : Paniz Nooran
- Production manager : Yaël Carnet
- Sound Editor : Grégoire Chauvot
- Continuity supervisor : Laura Carnet
- Production Designer : Hamidreza Jadid
- Grader : Grégoire Lesturgie
- Make-up Artist : Isabel Paganine
- Sound Mixer : Quentin Romanet
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Social comedy, Drama
- Themes : Minorities, Immigration, Affection
- Production language : Farsi, English
- Coproducer countries : France (90.0%), Canada (10.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Canada)
- Production year : 2022
- Runtime : 19 min 2 seconds
- Visa number : 157.227
- Visa issue date : 05/09/2023
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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