UNDER THE SHADOW **** UK / Qatar / Jordan / Iran 2016 Dir: Babak Anvari. 87 mins A multi-layered horror film with a unique cultural / political backdrop: Tehran during the seemingly endless Iran-Iraq war of the 1980’s, where residents of an apartment block live in constant fear of an…
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‘This chilling story has something of Polanski and Lynch…elegantly shot and very well acted’ ★★★★ Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian Lauded by Mark Kermode as a “brilliantly intelligent thriller” and one of his top 10 films of the decade, Iranian director Babak Anvari’s Sundance 2016 hit UNDER THE SHADOW is…