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Fireflies
Overview
Ramin flees from persecution in Iran and ends up living in the limbo of exile, far from everything he knows, in the tropical port town of Veracruz, Mexico. There his nostalgia and melancholy are confronted with new friendships, while he starts to rediscover his own desires.
Director and cast
- Bani Khoshnoudi Director
- Arash Marandi as Ramin
- Flor Eduarda Gurrola as Leti (as Flor Eduarda Gurrola)
- Luis Alberti as Guillermo
- Eligio Meléndez as Jorge
- Ishbel Bautista as Rosi
- Eduardo Mendizabal as Ernesto
- Uriel Ledesma as Cuyo
- Carrick Amadeus as Filipino
- Juan Pablos Becerra as Trabajador muelle joven
- Miguel González Bello as Brian
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