His “Universal Language” takes place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but the culture is entirely Iranian. Farsi is the spoken tongue.

A lightly satirical and surrealist comedy imagines the snowy Canadian city in the style of the Iranian New Wave.

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Tehran comes to Winnipeg in 'Universal Language,' Matthew Rankin's singular gem about cross-cultural exchange.

“Universal Language” is first and foremost ... his camera wending through a maze of concrete that includes fun locations like the city’s “Beige District” (totally different from the ...