Director: Babak Anvari
Stars: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi
Tehran, 1988 – during the Iran-Iraq War. Shideh’s apartment building is hit by a missile which does not explode. Good fortune? A superstitious neighbour believes the missile to be cursed and that it might be carrying malevolent spirits.
As time passes Shideh becomes convinced that a supernatural force within the building is attempting to possess her daughter Dorsa.
She feels she has no choice but to confront these forces if she is to save them both.
Rated film of 2016 by The Guardian / BBC film critic Mark Kermode: “a brilliantly intelligent chiller… an astonishing feature debut”.
Here is Kermode’s Review from The Guardian (as it was his ‘film of the week’ the review actually appeared in The Observer). Scroll to the bottom – is Kermode’s list of films of the week just a repetition of the David Lean schedule? (we were going to show all these anyway but we have to wait a few weeks after a film’s release before we can get it.)
The review includes a link to the Trailer, which can also be seen below [fvplayer src=”https://youtu.be/G_ATX4C8Pmw”]
David Lean Cinema, Croydon on Tuesday 7th March 2017
Show starts at 7.30PM, Ticket prices: £8.00 & £6.50 (concessions)
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