Radio Dreams

Name: Radio Dreams
Genre: Comedy
Released: May 19, 2017
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 74
Cast: Ali Tahbaz, Bella Warda, Boshra Dastournezhad, Koroush Mehyar, Kyle Kernan

2017

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Matson Films | Release Date: May 19, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Ali Tahbaz, Bella Warda, Boshra Dastournezhad, Koroush Mehyar, Kyle Kernan, Larry Laverty, Lars Ulrich, Litz Plummer, Mahmood Schricker, Mohammad Talani, Mohsen Namjoo, Siddique Ahmed

Summary: A brilliant and misunderstood Iranian writer struggles to pursue his ambitious goal of bringing together Metallica and Kabul Dreams, Afghanistan’s first rock band.

Director: Babak Jalali

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 93 min

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Christopher Kompanek

Jun 15, 2017

Feelings of displacement — of loss of home, country and language — are balanced by the vivid imagination of a better existence. In other words, Radio Dreams is a quintessentially American stor Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Jun 1, 2017

The movie’s tree-falling-in-the-forest-with-no-one-to-hear-it denouement is an apt but not entirely hopeless metaphor for the condition of its characters. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Jun 8, 2017

Jalali peppers this darkly funny, often absurdist piece with enough socio-political messaging to add heft but not didacticism. It all makes for a singular, well-observed balancing act. Read full review

Catherine Bray

Mar 6, 2017

Radio Dreams is a witty, low-key exercise in deferred gratification. Read full review

Alan Scherstuhl

May 31, 2017

The film examines, with wit and patience, the hard work of community-building — and the toll on someone far from home, doing work that’s not his calling. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Jun 2, 2017

Radio Dreams is an example of both the compelling passion and polarizing fallibility that can arise when a director works primarily from the heart. Read full review

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