Dir. Ana Lily Amirpour · Starring Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan Navabi, Dominic Rains, Rome Shadanloo · Music Johnny Jewel
“The first Iranian Vampire Western.”
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In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.
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This film feels like a dreamlike, black-and-white poem. It's a melancholic, atmospheric journey through a desolate landscape, steeped in a cool, detached loneliness. The mood is one of quiet yearning and subtle dread, unfolding with a deliberate, almost hypnotic rhythm that lingers long after the credits roll.