IMITATION GIRL

By Natasha KERMENI

PFLUG CO., LTD - as DISTR TV, DVD-video, VOD, JAPAN

Science-fiction - Completed 2016

A mysterious young woman materializes in the middle of the southwestern desert, where each step teaches her about her new world and her new body. As she assumes her new life, she discovers she has a twin with whom she shares more than just an outward appearance.

Festivals
& Awards

Frightfest London 2017
Dances with Films 2017
Milan International Film Festival 2017
Cinequest Film Fest 2017
Boston Underground Film Festival 2017
PUFF 2017
RIFF 2017
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Science-fiction, Drama
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, PERSIAN
    • Duration
    • 82 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Natasha KERMENI
    • Writer(s)
    • Natasha KERMANI
    • Producer(s)
    • Forrest MCCLAIN, Tim WU
    • Synopsis
    • Imitation Girl is the lyrical telling of a mysterious being who arrives on Earth in the shape of a young woman. Taken in by Iranian immigrants, a brother and sister living in the American Southwest, Imitation forms an understanding of the strange species around her, and as she learns more about her new body and her companions, she comes to appreciate the beauty and the sadness of her new world. At the same time, Julianna, Imitation’s world-weary earthly double, knows both glitz and grit working as an entertainer in New York City, where her fraying life and relationships now threaten her dreams for an audition that might finally set her on a happier path. On learning of Julianna’s existence, Imitation heads to New York, where only by sacrificing themselves to each other can the cosmic twins complete a full portrait of a woman.