Fremont
2023 · Movie · NR · 92 min · ★ 6.4 · 69% critics
A young Afghan refugee in California drifts through a lonely routine, balancing a quirky job writing fortune-cookie messages with therapy sessions that barely ease her insomnia and guilt. As she tries to build a new life, she searches for connection, purpose, and the possibility of love in an unfamiliar place.
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Details
- Years
- 2023
- Release date
- 2023-08-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 69/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (110 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a quiet, character-focused story with dry humor and a reflective mood about starting over; Not for you if you need fast pacing, big plot turns, or constant laughs like in Daddy Longlegs.
Pros: dry, offbeat humor; moving immigrant perspective; strong lead performance | Cons: very slow pace; meandering second half; thin supporting characters
Themes
- immigrant
- california
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- san francisco, california
- afghanistan
- fortune cookie
- oakland, california
- black and white
- racial prejudice
- translator
- us military
Cast & crew
Anaita Wali Zada
as Donya
Jeremy Allen White
as Daniel
Gregg Turkington
as Dr. Anthony
- HS
Hilda Schmelling
as Joanna
- SA
Siddique Ahmed
as Salim
- TI
Taban Ibraz
as Mina
- AS
Avis See-tho
as Fan
- TN
Timur Nusratty
as Suleyman
- ET
Eddie Tang
as Ricky
- JM
Jennifer McKay
as Lin
Directed by Babak Jalali