
Fireflies
Ramin flees from persecution in Iran and ends up living in the limbo of exile, far from everything he knows, in the tropical port town of Veracruz, Mexico. There his nostalgia and melancholy are confronted with new friendships, while he starts to rediscover his own desires.
- 5.9
- 2018
- Released
- 1h 28m

Arash Marandi
Ramin
Flor Eduarda Gurrola
Leti (as Flor Eduarda Gurrola)
Luis Alberti
Guillermo
Eligio Meléndez
Jorge
Ishbel Bautista
Rosi
Eduardo Mendizabal
Ernesto
Uriel Ledesma
Cuyo
Released
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- #friendship
- #self-discovery
- #identity
- #melancholy
- #exile
- #migration
- #tropical
- #heartbreak
- #lgbt
- #solitude
- #masculinity
- #veracruz
- #gay theme
Reviews

Arash Marandi ("Ramin") has escaped his harsh life in Iran and is trying to make it to Greece. Unfortunately, he stowed aboard a boat going a bit further afield - and he ends up in Mexico with little money and even less Spanish. Using his limited English, he manages to find some lodgings and a job in construction for which his svelte frame is ill suited. He is gay and occasionally seeks comfort un











