Fireflies (2018)
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:
Bani Khoshnoudi
Writer:
Bani Khoshnoudi
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Arash Marandi as Ramin |
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Flor Eduarda Gurrola as Leti (as Flor Eduarda Gurrola) |
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Luis Alberti as Guillermo |
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Eligio Meléndez as Jorge |
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Ishbel Bautista as Rosi |
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Eduardo Mendizabal as Ernesto |
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Uriel Ledesma as Cuyo |
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Carrick Amadeus as Filipino |
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Juan Pablos Becerra as Trabajador muelle joven |
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Miguel González Bello as Brian |
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Aristóteles Bonfil as Trabajador |
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Luis Enrique Cerino as Hombre club |
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Geovani Cortés as Trabajador |
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Nima Hosseininia as Hessam |
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Ivonne Leyton as Mamá Rosi |
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Amaury Rafael as Trabajador |
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Bertha Romero as Huésped hotel |
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Alberto Sangabriel as Chico con Ramin carnaval |
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Yajaira Solano as Edecán |
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Alexander Valle as Joven rubio |
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Jesús Arez Villalobos as Trabajador tatuado |
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Genaro Zárate as Capataz |
| Directing | Bani Khoshnoudi | Director |
| Writing | Bani Khoshnoudi | Screenplay |
| Camera | Benjamín Echazarreta | Director of Photography |
| Production | Israel Cárdenas | Co-Producer |
| Production | Laura Amelia Guzmán | Co-Producer |
| Production | Bani Khoshnoudi | Producer |
| Production | Janja Kralj | Associate Producer |
| Production | Yadhira Mata | Line Producer |
| Production | Elsa Reyes | Producer |
| Production | Athina Rachel Tsangari | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Sohrab Karimi | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Gilberto González Penilla | Editor |
| Editing | Miguel Schverdfinger | Editor |
| Art | Florent Vitse | Production Design |
| Art | Florent Vitse | Art Direction |
| Art | Liliana Cortés | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | José Guadalupe López | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bertha Romero | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beatriz Vera | Makeup Designer |
| Sound | Jaime Baksht | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Félix Blume | Sound |
| Sound | Michelle Couttolenc | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Israel Hernández | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Javier Umpierrez | Sound Designer |