Donya, a lonely Afghan refugee and former translator, spends her twenties drifting through a meager existence in Fremont, California. Shuttling between her job writing fortunes for a fortune cookie factory and sessions with her eccentric therapist, Donya suffers from insomnia and survivor's guilt over those still left behind in Kabul as she desperately searches for love.
Fremont (2023) is a comedy and drama film directed by Babak Jalali, released on August 25, 2023 with a runtime of 1h 32m. It stars Anaita Wali Zada, Jeremy Allen White, Gregg Turkington and Hilda Schmelling. Viewers rate it 6.3 out of 10 across 113 ratings.
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Anaita Wali Zada
as Donya
Jeremy Allen White
as Daniel
Gregg Turkington
as Dr. Anthony
Hilda Schmelling
as Joanna
Siddique Ahmed
as Salim
Taban Ibraz
as Mina
Avis See-tho
as Fan
Timur Nusratty
as Suleyman
Eddie Tang
as Ricky
Jennifer McKay
as Lin
Divya Jakatdar
as Amaya
Fazil Seddiqui
as Aziz
Directed by Babak Jalali, written by Carolina Cavalli and Babak Jalali, produced by Sudnya Shroff, Rachael Fung and Laura Wagner.
Average viewer score of 6.3/10 from 113 ratings.
Life can be so confusing at times that we really don’t know where we stand with it, other than having a clear sense that what we’re experiencing isn’t working and that we desperately need direction to help fix it. But who are we to turn to if we have few friends and no family for meaningful, helpful guidance? Peers? Co-workers? A psychiatrist? Such is the fate of Donya (Anita Wali Zada), an Afghan transplant living…
Reviewed on September 9, 2023
This starts off with what has to be slowest, least efficient, example of the industrialisation process that I've ever seen! Those images rather set the scene for what follows as we meet fortune cookie maker "Donya" (a strong performance from Anaita Wali Zada). She was an interpreter for the US military in her native Afghanistan and has arrived in California on a special visa scheme and is awaiting proper…
Reviewed on September 22, 2023
Fremont: A Cinematic Tone Poem of Displacement and Possibility In Babak Jalali's Fremont, cinema becomes poetry — a delicate cartography of human longing mapped across monochrome landscapes. Sahar, an Afghan refugee working in a fortune cookie factory, navigates her new life with a quiet, determined resilience. Take the moment her Chinese factory owners gift her a deer—seemingly random, until you understand the…
Reviewed on January 11, 2025
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The main cast of Fremont (2023) includes Anaita Wali Zada, Jeremy Allen White, Gregg Turkington, Hilda Schmelling and Siddique Ahmed. The film was directed by Babak Jalali. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Fremont was released on August 25, 2023 and runs for 1h 32m.
Fremont (2023) holds an average rating of 6.3 out of 10 from 113 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy comedy and drama films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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