VIFF 2016: Window Horses (The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming)

(Canada)

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      Veteran animator Ann Marie Fleming joins forces with a dazzling array of guest cartoonists to go with her stellar jam session of vocal talents.

      These begin with Sandra Oh as Rosie Ming, a Chinese-Persian Canadian who confronts family history when invited to a poetry festival in Iran.

      Ellen Page and Nancy Kwan are among friends and family; when Rosie gets to Shiraz, the voices include Iranian film greats Peyman Moaadi (A Separation) and Shohreh Aghdashloo (Oscar-nominated for House of Sand and Fog), as well as Don McKellar as an unctuous German traveller.

      The youth-aimed movie leans toward sentimentality and coincidence, but beautiful interludes of music and poetry add more deeply shaded complexity.

       

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