Please, After You (2025)

Directed by

Rob Michaels

Genre

comedy, drama

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

14A

Rating

4.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Iranian Canadian engineer in Toronto tries to pursue his career and relationships. But his sweet but clumsy cousin arrives from Iran seeking refugee status and keeps getting in the way.

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What happens

Please, After You is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Rob Michaels and released in 2024. The film stars Sammy Azero as Ali, an Iranian Canadian engineer in Toronto whose grand plans to chase the Canadian dream are upended when his sweet but bumbling cousin Omid (Neema Nazeri) arrives from Iran hoping to claim refugee status, and getting in the way of Ali's professional and romantic opportunities. The cast also includes Juno Rinaldi, Kris Siddiqi and Julie Nolke in supporting roles. The film premiered in the Borsos Competition program at the 2024 Whistler Film Festival. It was subsequently screened at the 2025 Canadian Film Festival, before going into limited commercial release later in 2025. Erica Procunier received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Score at the 14th Canadian Screen Awards in 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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