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Canada’s Oscar Entry ‘Universal Language’ Sets Release Date (EXCLUSIVE)
Oscilloscope Laboratories has bought U.S. rights for Matthew Rankin's "Universal Language," Canada’s Oscar entry.
In a time of increasingly rigid binaries and fulminating reactions, we hope our movie stands witness to the fundamental capacity of people – between whom you might imagine great distance – to create a gentle world together and even have a few laughs before the sun goes down,” said Rankin. “‘Universal Language’ was made by a group of very close and very crazy friends and our prismatic, interdimensional Venn diagram of Winnipeg within Tehran within Montréal is an expression of our friendship and our lives together,” said the director, who argued that “cinema must provide new ways of imagining the absurd and beautiful and very limited time we have to be alive here in this world.” Oscilloscope President Daniel Berger said the company had handled Rankin ‘s “The Twentieth Century,” and described him as “a rare and dynamic talent.” “‘Universal Language’ has received phenomenal love from audiences and critics alike.
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