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Under the Shadow

Infused with autobiographical elements, Babak Anvaris debut feature is a terrifying allegory of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War, a now often overlooked conflict that shaped much of this London-based Iranian filmmakers early childhood. A constantly shifting expressionistic nightmare, Under the Shadow centers upon Shideh (Narges Rashidi), a frustrated mother unable to fulfill her career aspirations because of her former political activism. When her doctor husband is drafted, Shideh is left alone with her daughter Dorsa and must protect her from supernatural phenomena brought upon their Tehran apartment by a missile attack. At first skeptical of ghost stories, Shideh slowly realizes that her home is haunted and gets sucked into a web of paranoia wherein malevolent djinn mess with her mind. Like any insightful work of horror, Anvaris film leaves it to the viewer to decide whether the supernatural threat is a shared reality or no more than a psychosomatic symptom  a harrowing projection of the protagonists deranged psyche.  Yonca Talu, Film Comment

Year: 2015
Genre: Horror Movies, African & Middle Eastern, Film Festivals 2016
Country: Iran, UK
Director: Babak Anvari
Starring: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi
Duration: 85 Minutes
Rating: M - Horror and supernatural themes
Subtitles: Yes
6.9/10
Location in store: Foreign (Africa & Middle East)

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