Winter. Somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg. Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen deep within the sidewalk ice and try to find a way to get it out. Massoud leads a group of befuddled tourists upon an increasingly-strange walking tour of Winnipeg historic sites. Matthew leaves his job at the Québec government and embarks upon a mysterious journey to visit his estranged mother.
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Rojina Esmaeili
Negin
Saba Vahedyousefi
Nazgol
Matthew Rankin
Matthew (Massoud)
Pirouz Nemati
Massoud (Matthew)
Mani Soleymanlou
Iraj Bilodeau
Ila Firouzabadi
Bus Driver
Sobhan Javadi
Omid
Danielle Fichaud
Monsieur Castonguay
Bahram Nabatian
Hafez Ghamghosar
Hemela Pourafzal
Woman with Turkey
Dara Najmabadi
Pirouz
Denis Houle
Jean
Amir Amiri
Musician 1
Faraz Anoushahpour
Tourist 3
Bernard Arène
Pharmacist
Matthew Rankin
Director, Screenplay
Pirouz Nemati
Executive Producer
Ila Firouzabadi
Executive Producer
Sylvain Corbeil
Producer
Isabelle Stachtchenko
Director of Photography
Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux
Original Music Composer
Amir Amiri
Original Music Composer
Xi Feng
Editor
Negar Nemati
Costume Design
Louisa Schabas
Production Design
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