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  • 2023
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2023
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 31 m
Fremont

Summary Beautiful and troubled 20-something Donya, an Afghan translator who used to work with the U.S. government, has trouble sleeping. She lives by herself in Fremont, California, in a building with other Afghan immigrants and often dines alone at a local restaurant watching soap operas. Her routine changes when she’s promoted to writing the f...

Directed By: Babak Jalali

Written By: Carolina Cavalli, Babak Jalali

  • 2023
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2023
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 31 m

Fremont

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
72
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
7.7
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Summary Beautiful and troubled 20-something Donya, an Afghan translator who used to work with the U.S. government, has trouble sleeping. She lives by herself in Fremont, California, in a building with other Afghan immigrants and often dines alone at a local restaurant watching soap operas. Her routine changes when she’s promoted to writing the f...

Directed By: Babak Jalali

Written By: Carolina Cavalli, Babak Jalali

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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83
Jul 18, 2023
Crafted with stillness, empathy, and clever drollness, “Fremont” is so striking it will simply and calmly demand your attention. So seemingly introverted, humble, and unassuming, it’ll force you to lean in, listen and heed all the humorous words of wisdom in its many little moments of providence.
By Rodrigo Perez FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 14, 2023
This is the kind of movie whose amiable directionlessness and romantic gentleness generate a lot of warmth; it’s the kind of independent film which we haven’t seen a lot of lately, endowed with intimacy and a kind of dreamy charm.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

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75
Aug 28, 2023
Fremont is a droll comedy about the immigrant experience that only has to hint at the trauma such uprootings often involve, and about how residents of the host country generally don’t have a clue about what this newcomer is dealing with, or how to help.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 18, 2023
Despite trafficking in a wide array of Sundance tropes — from its modest but ethereal monochrome cinematography by DP Laura Valladao, to Mahmood Schricker’s Sqürl-adjacent guitar score — Fremont is always more delicate than it is precious and mercifully never quite as cute as it sounds.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 12, 2023
It’s an intimate dramedy that strikes a delicate balance between melancholy and wryness . . . and while perhaps a little slight in content, Fremont is a stylish, sweet evolution for Jalali, and a poignant reflection on the modern immigrant experience.
By Hannah Strong FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 18, 2023
While it’s a wisp of a movie, almost directionless at times and self-consciously quirky at others, Fremont contains enough poignantly observed interludes to make the whole greater than the sum of its parts.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 12, 2023
Fremont has the demeanor of a kitchen-sink drama but is laced with deadpan absurdism.
By Mark Jenkins FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Butimar Productions, Extra A Productions, Blue Morning Pictures
Release Date Aug 25, 2023
Duration 1 h 31 m
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Awards

Deauville Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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