Foreigner (2025)
- Directed by
- Ava Maria Safai
- Genre
- horror, thriller
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A teenage Iranian immigrant in 2004 dyes her hair blonde to impress the popular group at school. Her attempt at fitting in accidentally frees a demon that is linked to her cultural heritage.
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What happens
Foreigner is a 2025 Canadian horror-drama film written and directed by Ava Maria Safai in her feature-length film debut. Described as Mean Girls meets The Exorcist in its blend of comedy, body horror and social commentary, the film stars Rose Dehgan as Yasamin Karimi, a teenage Iranian immigrant in 2004 who tries to fit in with the popular crowd by dyeing her hair blonde, only to unleash a demon tied to her cultural identity. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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