Animation Drama
Rosie Ming, a young Canadian poet, is invited to perform at a Poetry Festival in Shiraz, Iran, but she’d rather be in Paris. She lives at home with her over-protective Chinese grandparents and has never been anywhere by herself. Once in Iran, she finds herself in the company of poets and Persians, all who tell her stories that force her to confront her past; the Iranian father she assumed abandoned her and the nature of Poetry itself. It’s about building bridges between cultural and generational divides. It’s about being curious. Staying open. And finding your own voice through the magic of poetry. Rosie goes on an unwitting journey of forgiveness, reconciliation, and perhaps above all, understanding, through learning about her father’s past, her own cultural identity, and her responsibility to it.
Directed by
Ann Marie Fleming
Written by
Ann Marie Fleming
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Mehrnaz (voice)
Elliot Page
Kelly (voice)
Sandra Oh
Rosie Ming (voice)
Payman Maadi
Payman (voice)
Eddy Ko Hung
Stephen (voice)
Navid Negahban
Mehran (voice)
Nancy Kwan
Gloria (voice)
Omid Abtahi
Ramin (voice)
Don McKellar
Dietmar (voice)
Houshang Touzie
Hassan (voice)
Panta Mosleh
Shahrzad Abbibi (voice)
Camyar Chai
Cyrus Kazimi (voice)
Nima Gholamipour
Tour Guide (voice)
Kristen Thomson
Caroline (voice)
Mehdi Darvish
Sassan (voice)
Azita Sahebjam
Aunt Farah (voice)

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