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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night poster
Directed by
Ana Lily Amirpour
Genre
horror film, vampire film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
16
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 954 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A lone vampire stalks the streets of a rundown Iranian town at night. She forms a connection with a young man who is caught up in local crime and poverty.

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What happens

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Persian: دختری در شب تنها به خانه می‌رود Dokhtari dar šab tanhâ be xâne miravad) is a 2014 Farsi language horror Western film written and directed by Ana Lily Amirpour and produced in the United States. Promoted as "The first Iranian vampire Western", it stars Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Mozhan Marnò, Marshall Manesh, and Dominic Rains. It was financed in part by a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night takes place in "the Iranian ghost-town Bad City" and depicts the doings of "a lonesome vampire". It was filmed in Taft, California, in black-and-white. It was chosen to show in the "Next" program of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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