Stranger and the Fog (1974)

Original title

غریبه و مه

Directed by

Bahram Beyzai

Genre

drama film, mystery film

Country

Iran

Runtime

2h 26m

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A stranger with no memory arrives by boat in a peaceful village. His presence unsettles the community and disrupts their quiet lives.

mysterioussuspensefulslow-burnatmosphericmelancholicuneasycerebralvisually lush

What happens

The Stranger and the Fog (Persian: غریبه و مه, romanized: Gharibe va meh) is a 1974 Iranian period drama film written and directed by Bahram Beyzai. The peaceful lives of the people in a village are disrupted when a mysterious, suspicious man with no memory appears in a boat. It stars Khosrow Shoja'zadeh, Parvaneh Massoumi, Manuchehr Farid, Esmat Safavi, Vali Shirandami, Sami Tahassoni, Reza Yaghouti, and Esmail Pourreza. In 2023, the film was restored in 4K by Janus Films and Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation. The restored version premiered at the New York Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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