Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming

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Rosie Ming, a young Canadian poet, is invited to perform at a Poetry Festival in Shiraz, Iran, but she’d rather be in Paris. She lives at home with her over-protective Chinese grandparents and has never been anywhere by herself. Once in Iran, she finds herself in the company of poets and Persians, all who tell her stories that force her to confront her past; the Iranian father she assumed abandoned her and the nature of Poetry itself. It’s about building bridges between cultural and generational divides. It’s about being curious. Staying open. And finding your own voice through the magic of poetry. Rosie goes on an unwitting journey of forgiveness, reconciliation, and perhaps above all, understanding, through learning about her father’s past, her own cultural identity, and her responsibility to it.

Country:

Canada

Genre:

Animation,

Drama

Duration:

85 minutes

Year:

2016

Director:

Ann Marie Fleming

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Company:

ONF | NFB

Cast:
Elliot Page

Kelly

Sandra Oh

Rosie Ming

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Mehrnaz

Payman Maadi

Payman

Eddy Ko Hung

Stephen

Crew:
Ann Marie Fleming

Director

Ann Marie Fleming

Script

Ann Marie Fleming

Producer

Sandra Oh

Producer

Shirley Vercruysse

Producer