Utopia

Utopia (2015)

Stories of loneliness and isolation

Three interwoven stories of loneliness and isolation that centre around Janan, a woman from Afghanistan who travels to the UK for artificial insemination. Complications arise when William, a medical sciences student working in the clinic switches the donor's semen for his own.

Date of release
2015-07-15
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama
Director
Hassan Nazer

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Utopia is a 2015 Afghan drama film directed by Hassan Nazer and produced by Chris Robb. The film was selected as the Afghan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. However, it was disqualified a few days prior to its Academy screening for having too much dialogue in English. The Afghan filmmakers union tried to appeal, citing the language breakdown by minutes, but the appeal was unsuccessful.

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