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

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)

Trailer

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