Universal Language

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Matthew Rankin

Writing Credits

Ila Firouzabadi
Pirouz Nemati
Matthew Rankin

Cast

Matthew Rankin
Matthew
Pirouz Nemati
Massoud
Amir Amiri
Musician 1
Faraz Anoushah Pour
Tourist 3
Bernard Arene
Pharmacist
Gilnaz Arzpeyma
Samovar technician
Asinnajaq
Knitter
Baharan BaniAhmadi
Miss Zardooz
Sarianne Cormier
Ticket agent
Danielle Fichaud
Monsieur Castonguay
Ila Firouzabadi
Bus driver
Denis Houle
Jean Suissûr
Sobhan Javadi
Omid
Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux
Musician 2
Sahar Mofidi
Lacrimologist
Bahram Nabatian
Hafez Ghamgosar
Zhila Naghibzadeh
Tourist 1
Dara Najmabadi
Dara
Hemela Pourafzal
Lady with the turkey
Nima Pourtolami
Birthday cake salesman
Ramin S. Khanjani
Bingo mistress
Javad Sahebi
Aziz
Mani Soleymanlou
Iraj Bilodeau
Annie St-Pierre
Jeanne and Réjeanne Suissûr
Aonan Yang
Aonan Yang

Produced by

Daniel Berger
executive producer
Catherine Boily
line producer
Rosalie Chicoine Perreault
line producer
Sylvain Corbeil
producer
Ila Firouzabadi
executive producer
Aaron Graham
executive producer
Aaron Katz
executive producer
Pirouz Nemati
executive producer
Matthew Rankin
executive producer

Music by

Amir Amiri
Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux

Cinematography by

Isabelle Stachtchenko

Editing by

Xi Feng

Production Design by

Louisa Schabas

Art Direction by

Chad Giesbrecht
(Winnipeg)
Roger Martin

Costume Design by

Negar Nemati

Makeup Department

Nermin Grbic
key hair stylist
Marie Salvado
key makeup artist

Production Management

Melanie Gauthier
post-production manager
Myriam Therrien
post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Florelle Del Burgo
first assistant director
Delphine Le Courtois
third assistant director
Dayna White
first assistant director

Art Department

Louis Cyr
property master
Raphaelle Dubé
property master
Kate Struthers
set dresser
Alain Vachon
carpenter
Alexandre Vincent
On-set property master

Sound Department

Armin Firouzabadi
boom operator
Bernard Gariépy Strobl
sound mixer
Evan Jerred
dialogue editor
Sacha Ratcliffe
sound designer
Pablo Villegas
sound recordist

Visual Effects by

Sam Javanrouh
visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Julien Apollon
key grip
David Cazal
lighting technician
Salomé Dufaux-Mathieu
second assistant camera
Hugo Ferland-Dionne
gaffer
Luna Gautier
lighting technician
William Lavelle
Best Boy Grip
Anthony Martel
camera trainee
Kyle Pelletier
Best Boy Electrician
Steven Turcotte
first assistant camera

Casting Department

Ila Firouzabadi
casting assistant
Marilou Richer
casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Florence Frigon-Morin
wardrobe
Jade Poirier
costumer / wardrobe

Editorial Department

Amanda Abreu-Hackett
Data-Wrangler
Jeannick Martins-Desjardins
assistant editor

Location Management

Clara-Elizabeth Castonguay-Kaiser
location manager
Laurence Greffe-Corriveau
assistant location manager

Additional Crew

Elizabeth Bouchard
production coordinator
Noémie Castonguay-Kaiser
production assistant
Sophia Chan Kong
Producer's Assistant
Jérémy Gagnon
Set Production Assistant
Barbara Van Lombeek
International Publicist
Youri Lévesque
production assistant
Alex Marini
production assistant
Omid Moterassed
Producers Assistant: Winnipeg
William Pagé
production assistant
Benoit Samson
production assistant
Philomène Sennechael
production coordinator
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