Donya is a former Afghan translator for the U.S. government who now lives alone in Fremont, California. When she's promoted to writing the fortunes at her job at a fortune cookie factory in the city, Donya's loneliness and longing inspire her to send out a hopeful message of connection in a cookie. Lyrically shot in black-and-white, Babak Jalali's FREMONT is a wry, comically deadpan vision.
