A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

Film poster
Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour
Produced by Sina Sayyah
Justin Begnaud
Elijah Wood
Written by Ana Lily Amirpour
Starring Sheila Vand
Arash Marandi
Marshall Manesh
Dominic Rains
Cinematography Lyle Vincent
Edited by Alex O'Flinn
Production
company
SpectreVision
Logan Pictures
Distributed by VICE Films
Release dates
  • January 20, 2014 (Sundance)[1]
  • November 21, 2014 (United States)
Country United States
Language Persian

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Persian: دختری در شب تنها به خانه می‌رود‎ Dokhtari dar šab tanhâ be xâne miravad) is a 2014 American film directed by Ana Lily Amirpour. Tagged as "The first Iranian vampire Western", it was chosen to show in the "Next" program at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.[2]

The film is described as being set in "the Iranian ghost town Bad City" and depicts the doings of "a lonesome vampire".[3]

Plot

In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.

Cast

Production

The movie was filmed in the town of Taft in Kern County in southern California.[4] An early short film with the same title from Amirpour screened at festivals and won Best Short Film at the Noor Iranian Film Festival. The film is based on Ana Lily Amirpour graphic novel with the same name,[5] which was illustrated by Michael DeWeese and edited by Ben and Jon Conrad.[6]

Reception

The film received positive reviews from critics. Guy Lodge of Variety said in his review that "Ana Lily Amirpour's auspicious debut feature is a sly, slinky vampire romance set in an imaginary Iranian underworld".[1] Boyd van Hoeij, in his review for The Hollywood Reporter, praised the film by saying that "this moody and gorgeous film is finally more about atmosphere and emotions than narrative – and none the worse for it".[7] Drew Taylor of Indiewire graded the film A− and said that it gives "the impression that you're witnessing something iconic and important unfold before you".[8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lodge, Guy (January 24, 2014). "Sundance Film Review: 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night'". Variety. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ Barnes, Brooks (2013-12-04). "A Sundance Lineup Laced With Race, Horror and Family Turmoil". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ Moore, Debi (2013-12-04). "First Wave of Sundance 2014 Films Announced; See the Horror Highlights Here". Dread Central.
  4. ↑ IMDb - filming locations
  5. ↑ Moore, Debi (2013-12-04). "Radco's graphic novel adaptation of Ana Lily Amirpour’s mind-blowing A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT". Dread Central.
  6. ↑ Moore, Debi (2013-12-04). "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night". comiXology.
  7. ↑ "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night: Sundance Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
  8. ↑ "New Directors/New Films Review: 'A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night' Is A New Vampire Classic". Indiewire. Retrieved May 7, 2014.

External links