Fremont

Very Jarmuschian, heartfelt movie about unlikely connections

Un film noir et blanc sur une jeune femme immigrée qui travaille dans une "fortune cookie factory" et qui envoie une bouteille à la mer...Touchant, très original...A voir

The movie is good, it keep the light mood while discussing the idea of being lonely as a fo reigner abroad...somehow very American:)

I just tired, like many folks of super hero movies, violence, you get it. The a movie comes along like Fremont and this is entertainment for me. Regular people and their stories. Like many movies of the early 60's like Persona it lets us learn about the characters and we see real acting. Thanks to the folks that made Fremont, something for the rest of us.

It is a slow, melancholic film with excellent, understated acting and a superb script. Beautifully shot in B&W with a very satisfying story arc.

The main character is Dunia, who came from Afghanistan to the Californian city of Fremont because of the war. She works at a fortune cookie factory in San Francisco, but she has yet to find her own happiness. In her ordinary boring life, filled with routine between going to work and seeing a psychologist and meeting new Afghan faces, she longs to find true love. But she is not sure if she is suitable for love. Neither the main character nor the script itself say much. The authors present the story of Dunia to us very slowly. But the story could be summed up in a few sentences in 10 minutes. The film was unnecessarily long and there were occasional passages where nothing happened. On the other hand, the viewer has a lot of time to think and therefore can better empathize with the characters. The film is original in its visual aspect. It is shot in 4:3 format and in black and white. It is very minimalistic. No unnecessary scenery or people.

I really loved this movie. Anaita Wali is mesmerizing as the lead, and basically carries the film. It's hard to believe that she's up until now never been in a film, but I can't imagine this will be her last. She's never abandons the overall psychological framework and pacing of the movie, which is methodical, serious, yet with moments of lightness. The direction, camera work, script, and score are all just fantastic. Again, I loved it. A real gem.

Cute little gem of a film! The routine and predictability of one's life gets surprisingly shaken thanks to one's desire to change course and take finally action.

The beginning is rather uneventful, but after a while the fittingly black-and-white "Fremont" starts showing signs of vibrant comedic life, and it's this aspect that is its biggest asset. The scenes with the psychiatrist (a great Gregg Turkington) and at the restaurant can get really funny yet also emerge as touching and relatable, two characteristics that could also be attributed to the finale and the promise it carries. First-timer Anaita Wali Zada is quite good when her character speaks Dari.

I watched this movie yesterday and it was all I could do to stay awake. The movie had little or no point to it. A critic rating of 97% is. joke. They either never watched the movie or they slept thru it. My faith in Rotten Tomatoes for meaningful reviews is shaken