Houston’s 32nd “Festival of Films from Iran” runs , at the MFAH. Additional screenings take place at Rice Cinema through February 2.

Universal Language (Une langue universelle)

Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin and Iranian writers Ila Firouzabadi and Pirouz Nemati won the inaugural Directors’ Fortnight Audience Award at Cannes for this absurdist comedy that variously evokes the films of Abbas Kiarostami, Wes Anderson, and Guy Maddin.

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