Window Horses
Window Horses

Window Horses

6.6(18 votes)
2017
1h 25m
Animation
Drama

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.

Production

ONF | NFB

Cast

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Mehrnaz (voice)

Sandra Oh

Sandra Oh

Rosie Ming (voice)

Payman Maadi

Payman Maadi

Payman (voice)

Eddy Ko Hung

Eddy Ko Hung

Stephen (voice)

Elliot Page

Elliot Page

Kelly (voice)

Omid Abtahi

Omid Abtahi

Ramin (voice)

Navid Negahban

Navid Negahban

Mehran (voice)

Nancy Kwan

Nancy Kwan

Gloria (voice)

Don McKellar

Don McKellar

Dietmar (voice)

Nima Gholamipour

Nima Gholamipour

Tour Guide (voice)

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