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Under the Shadow
It is the tragedy that occurred during the war torn by Tehran in the 1980s. The story tells about Chidaho who decided to stay in town with her mysterious daughter. Soon after, it seems that evil has begun to chase their house, trying to own her daughter. It seems that this woman will be engaged in a terrifying task and has no choice but to confront these forces if she wants to save her daughter herself.
16 August 1958, Tehran, Iran
21 March 1980, Khorramabad, Iran
5 March 1958, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
19 November 1984, Tehran, Iran
January 02, 2017
Anvari makes great use of this highly specific time and setting -- the air raids are always unnerving and one sequence in which Shideh runs into the empty streets of Tehran in a panic is just terrific.
December 21, 2016
Those unexpected beats make for a deeply emotional and harrowing journey for not only Shideh and Dorsa, but for viewers as well.
February 17, 2017
With a minimal budget, [Babak] Anvari still manages to deliver a wholly unnerving universe.
December 29, 2016
'Under the Shadow' is one of the more technically graceful and emotionally important films to come out of the genre this year.
October 07, 2016
There is no escape, for characters or audience. Under the Shadow is unnerving in the extreme.
January 26, 2017
A sinister tapestry of urban unease and feminist fury that turns an ordinary domestic setting into a place of skulking terror. Original and deeply creepy.
November 18, 2016
The shift from family drama to djinn game is so subtle as to be barely perceived
October 06, 2016
Quietly nerve-pricking ...
October 06, 2016
The most consistent fear in Anvari's film is that of being a mother and daughter alone in a world that won't help or respect you. Far more so than djinn, this is a fear that doesn't easily dissipate.
October 10, 2016
Did you honestly doubt that peeling duct tape and a sheet of printed fabric, if handled with imaginative brio, could be as frightening as any ten-million-dollar monster? O ye of little faith.
October 19, 2016
Intimate horror about the dark things lurking in a family home, and, more interestingly, in the minds of women.

