| Jasmine Road | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Warren Sulatycky |
| Written by | Warren Sulatycky |
| Produced by | Caitlyn Sponheimer |
| Starring | Greg Ellwand Aixa Kay Melody Mokhtari Caitlyn Sponheimer |
| Cinematography | Wes Legge |
| Edited by | Geoff Ashenhurst |
| Music by | Suad Bushnaq |
Production company | Raging River Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English Arabic |
Jasmine Road is a Canadian drama film, directed by Warren Sulatycky and released in 2020.[1] The film stars Greg Ellwand as Mac Bagley, a rancher in rural southern Alberta who has been emotionally closed off since the death of his wife; after his schoolteacher daughter Loretta (Caitlyn Sponheimer) learns that her student Heba (Melody Mokhtari), a Syrian refugee who came to Canada with her mother Layla (Aixa Kay) and uncle Salem (Ahmed Muslimani), needs to find a new place to live, she invites the family to stay at the ranch, with Mac's initial resistance to the idea giving way to acceptance and a new lease on life as he gets to know them.[1]
The film premiered at the 2020 Calgary International Film Festival,[2] and was subsequently screened as the opening gala of the 2020 Edmonton International Film Festival.[3]