Understood
Film by Vojin Vasovic
“Understood” is a deadly serious and shamelessly farcical, defiantly hopeful but also necessarily cynical, multilingual screen adaptation of the successful experimental stage production “In Sundry Languages.” We follow six newcomers to Toronto, as they seek connection and belonging across their first and second or new languages, in the pursuit of work, housing, and romance. We witness their fear of being an ill fit in this new city, so that their missed connections and their small successes in connecting are by turn delightful and heartbreaking.
GENRE
Absurd, comedy
TYPE
Live action
RUNNING TIME, LANGUAGE
21’15” ; English
TEAM
Director:
Vojin Vasović
Writers:
Vojin Vasović, Myrto Koumarianos
Actors:
Paul J. Stoesser, Maria Kordoni, Riaz Mahmood, Ahmed Moneka, Arfina Lami, Yury Ryzhyev, Vik Hovanisian, Lavinia Salinas, Gloria Ziying Gao, Ghazal Partou, Stevan Mitrovic, Brandon Correira, Diane Jean-Louis, Art Babayants
Cinematographers:
Dale Hildebrand, Nyssa Gluck
Editor:
Marko Kovačević
Composer:
Milan Đurđević
Production Designer:
Paul J. Stoesser
Art Director:
Ashley Frederick
Costume Designer:
Dragana Došen
Sound Designer:
Vladimir Kerkez
Producer:
To Blink Animation (Serbia) – Vojin Vasović
Co-producers:
Toronto Laboratory Theatre (Canada) – Art Babayants
boomerang films (Canada) – Tara Boire
Supported by:
Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council,
Government of Ontario
