Under the Shadow
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Babak Anvari
Nabil Koni
Narges Rashidi
Bobby Naderi
Ray Haratian
Avin Manshadi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Shideh and her family live amid the chaos of the Iran-Iraq war. Accused of subversion by the post-Revolution government and blacklisted from medical college, she falls into a state of malaise. With Tehran is under constant threat of aerial bombardment, her husband is drafted and sent to the frontlines, leaving Shideh alone to protect their young daughter, Dorsa. Soon after he leaves, a missile hits their building and while failing to explode, a neighbor dies under mysterious circumstances and Dorsa's behavior becomes increasingly erratic. Shideh is struggling with what is real and what is not when a superstitious neighbor suggests that a cursed missile might have carried malevolent Middle-Eastern spirits, and she becomes convinced a supernatural force within the building is attempting to possess Dorsa. Shideh has no choice but to confront these forces if she is to save her daughter and herself.
Director
Babak Anvari
Crew
Nour Alkawaja
Babak Anvari
Chris Barwell
Gavin Cullen
Phaedra Dahdaleh
Patrick Fischer
Kit Fraser
Kit Fraser
Khaled Haddad
Nick Harbinson
Alex Joseph
Yanal Kassay
Karim Kheir
Emily Leo
Donall Mccusker
Will Mcgillivray
Duncan Mcwilliam
Oliver Roskill
Sanjay Shah
Lucan Toh
Nasser Zoubi
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2017
Released in United States 2016
Released in United States 2016 (Opening Night)
Feature directorial debut of Babak Anvari.
Released in United States 2016 (Dark Wave)
Released in United States October 7, 2016
Released in United States October 7, 2016
Released in United States on Video January 10, 2017
Released in United States 2016 (World Cinema Narrative)
Released in United States on Video January 10, 2017
Released in United States 2016 (Park City at Midnight)
Released in United States 2017 (After Dark)
Released in United States 2016 (Midnighters)
