UK / Jordan / Quatar / Iran,
2016, 84 min
Directed by:
Babak AnvariScreenplay:
Babak AnvariCinematography:
Kit FraserCast:
Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Arash Marandi, Bijan Daneshmand, Behi Djanati Atai, Ray Haratian, Bobby Naderi, Houshang Ranjbar, Amir RanjbarPlots(1)
In 1988 Tehran, Shideh's attempts to rejoin medical school after getting married and having daughter Dorsa are thwarted as a consequence of her politically active history. Her husband is sent off to serve in the Iran-Iraq War while Iraqi air raids draw perilously close to their own apartment. As she is left alone with Dorsa after neighbors and friends flee from a city in chaos, her daughter becomes increasingly ill and seemingly disturbed. Shideh initially dismisses Dorsa's tantrums over a missing doll, but she reluctantly comes to suspect that they've been targeted by djinn - malevolent spirits that steal from those they seek to possess. (Sundance Film Festival)
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