Under the Shadow (2016)
- Original title
- زیر سایه
- Directed by
- Babak Anvari
- Genre
- horror film
- Country
- Qatar, Jordan, United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 734 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A mother and her young daughter live in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war. Their building is hit by a missile, and after that the mother believes a supernatural force is haunting their apartment.
tenseatmosphericmelancholicunsettlingslow-burnbleakclaustrophobicsupernatural
What happens
Under the Shadow (Persian: زیر سایه, romanized: Zeer-e sāye) is a 2016 Persian-language supernatural horror film written and directed by Iranian-born Babak Anvari in his directorial debut. A mother and daughter are haunted by a mysterious evil in 1980s Tehran, during the War of the Cities. The film stars Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Ray Haratian, and Arash Marandi. Produced by British film company Wigwam Films, the film is an international co-production between Qatar, Jordan, and the United Kingdom. The film premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and has been acquired by US streaming service Netflix. It was selected as the British entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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