Fremont review: Babak Jalali is one smart cookie
Director Babak Jalali’s handsomely shot film uses the zany trappings of a quarter-life crisis movie to create an original migrant drama.
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Director Babak Jalali’s handsomely shot film uses the zany trappings of a quarter-life crisis movie to create an original migrant drama.
A low-key, B&W story of an Afghan refugee working in a Chinatown fortune-cookie factory (co-starring Jeremy Allen White) is the quiet gem of the year.
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An Afghan immigrant fills fortune cookies and her days with yearning in this slight yet winning indie. Our Fremont review:
Jeremy Allen White, Gregg Turkington, and Afghan refugee Anaita Wali Zada help make this laconic indie feel quietly magical.