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A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.


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.

Anaita Wali Zada
Donya

Jeremy Allen White
Daniel

Gregg Turkington
Dr. Anthony
Hilda Schmelling
Joanna
Siddique Ahmed
Salim
Taban Ibraz
Mina
Avis See-tho
Fan
Timur Nusratty
Suleyman
Eddie Tang
Ricky
Jennifer McKay
Lin
Fremont is a comedy, drama film released in 2023 exploring themes of immigrant, california, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), san francisco, california, afghanistan, fortune cookie. Directed by Babak Jalali, it stars Anaita Wali Zada, Jeremy Allen White, Gregg Turkington. 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.
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