A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
First screened in January 2015
Director: Ana Lily Amirpour. Cast: Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Dominic Rains, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan Marnò, Milad Eghbali, Rome Shadanloo, Reza Sixo Safai, Pej Vahdat. Screenplay: Ana Lily Amirpour (based on her short film and series of graphic novels). Twitter Capsule:
Only Iranians left alive, honey! Fresh angles on country, city, vampire, chador, junkie, cat.
VOR:④
Influences abound but they've never been pastiched quite like this, and particularly in such sleek, stylish form. Shapeshifts: your call if it's political cinema or a night of purely intoxicating panache.
