Fireflies
6.8
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.
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Cast
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Arash Marandi
Ramin
Known for
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Tehran
Flor Eduarda Gurrola
Leti (as Flor Eduarda Gurrola)
Known for
Soy tu fan
The Dead Girls
Luis Alberti
Guillermo
Known for
Rosario Tijeras (Mexico)
Enemigo íntimo
Eligio Meléndez
Jorge
Known for
The Impostor
The Dead Girls
Ishbel Bautista
Rosi
Known for
Hernán
Counterattack
Eduardo Mendizabal
Ernesto
Known for
Miss Bala
Uriel Ledesma
Cuyo
Bani Khoshnoudi Director · Sohrab Karimi Composer Benjamín Echazarreta Cinematographer
United States release March 7, 2019 · Produced in Greece, Dominican Republic, Mexico, United States · Languages English, Persian, Spanish, Turkish
Production
Zensky Cine
Production
Pensée Sauvage Films
Production
Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad
Production
Haos Film
Production
Aurora Dominicana
Production
Greece · Dominican Republic · Mexico · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Luciérnagas
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
English · Persian · Spanish · Turkish
Release dates
Mexico · October 21, 2018
Limited theatrical · Morelia International Film Festival
United States · March 7, 2019
Premiere · Miami International Film Festival
France
January 22, 2020 · Theatrical
Mexico
December 6, 2019 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 27, 2019 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
Sweden
January 31, 2019 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
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