The read
Scores higher than 86% of the 4,644 2020s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Donya, a lonely Afghan refugee and former translator, spends her twenties drifting through a meager existence in Fremont, California. Shuttling between her job writing fortunes for a fortune cookie factory and sessions with her eccentric therapist, Donya suffers from insomnia and survivor's guilt over those still left behind in Kabul as she desperately searches for love.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Metacritic72/100
113 audience votes
Key crew
- Babak JalaliDirector
- Carolina CavalliWriter
- Babak JalaliWriter
Cast
- Anaita Wali ZadaDonya
- Jeremy Allen WhiteDaniel
- Gregg TurkingtonDr. Anthony
- Hilda SchmellingJoanna
- Siddique AhmedSalim
- Taban IbrazMina
- Avis See-thoFan
- Timur NusrattySuleyman
- Eddie TangRicky
- Jennifer McKayLin
- Divya JakatdarAmaya
- Fazil SeddiquiAziz
Stills
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Themes
immigrantcaliforniapost-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)san francisco, californiaafghanistanfortune cookieoakland, californiablack and whiteracial prejudicetranslatorus military