Midnight Screenings 2022 / Zalava / Iran 2021
The Kurdish village of Zalava is home to evil demons. At least, that is what its inhabitants think, and so from time to time the village is witness to bloody conflicts with those presumed to be possessed by them. When local police sergeant Masoud wants to confiscate the villagers’ weapons and dares to call the shaman Amardan a charlatan and even to arrest him, this triggers a massive wave of ill will within the community that leads to unexpected casualties.
The Kurdish village of Zalava is home to evil demons. At least, that is what its inhabitants think, and so from time to time the village is witness to bloody conflicts with those presumed to be possessed by them. When local police sergeant Masoud wants to confiscate the villagers’ weapons and dares to call the shaman Amardan a charlatan and even to arrest him, this triggers a massive wave of ill will within the community that leads to unexpected casualties. Set against the backdrop of the Iranian revolution, Arsalan Amiri’s feature-length horror debut explores the dilemma between reason and intuition, tradition and modernity, individualism and social pressure. By its sinister nature, the mystery of Schrödinger’s demon will unsettle even the most skeptical viewers.
Natalia Kozáková
93 min / Color, DCP
Director Arsalan Amiri
/ Screenplay Arsalan Amiri, Tahmineh Bahram, Ida Panahandeh
/ Dir. of Photography Mohammad Rasouli
/ Music Ramin Kousha
/ Sound Amir Hossein Ghasemi
/ Editor Emad Khodabaksh
/ Producer Samira Baradari, Rouhollah Baradari
/ Production Touba Films
/ Cast Navid Pourfaraj, Pouria Rahimi Sam, Hoda Zeinolabedin, Baset Rezaei, Shaho Rostami, Fereydoun Hamedi, Zahed Zandi, Saleh Rahimi
/ Sales LevelK
Arsalan Amiri. Filmography: Zalava (2021).
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