Stray Dogs Come Out at Night

2020
11m

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Karachi, Pakistan. Iqbal, a migrant sex worker, cannot come to terms with his illness. He convinces his uncle to take a day trip to the beach, desperate for respite. The Arabian sea beckons.Karachi, Pakistan. Iqbal, a migrant sex worker, cannot come to terms with his illness. He convinces his uncle to take a day trip to the beach, desperate for respite. The Arabian sea beckons.Karachi, Pakistan. Iqbal, a migrant sex worker, cannot come to terms with his illness. He convinces his uncle to take a day trip to the beach, desperate for respite. The Arabian sea beckons.

Director
- Zarrar Kahn
Writer
- Zarrar Kahn
Stars
- Mohammad Ali Hashmi
- Adnan Shah

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6.7/10

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Director
- Zarrar Kahn
Writer
- Zarrar Kahn
Stars
- Mohammad Ali Hashmi
- Adnan Shah

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Awards
- 5 nominations total

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Mohammad Ali Hashmi

Iqbal

Adnan Shah

Khurrum
(as Adnan Shah Tipu)

Director
- Zarrar Kahn
Writer
- Zarrar Kahn
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Kirpianuscus

the bitterness

Provocative. This can be the first term to define this short film about loneliness, poverty, precise definitio of love and ages and perspectives about life. A nice film for its delicate bitterness . A gray beach, talks about risks of sexual work, family and options about future , precise portrait of a small world and a powerful last scene.

The story about dogs hunted by cops, the last scene , terrible for the hopeless perspective are the pieces defining a cold story reminding a mix of Tchekhov and Tennessee Williams.

Kirpianuscus

a night

A powerful short film about loneliness. Simple, precise, suggesting and explaining a sort of sufferance , familiar but very often ignored. A young man, sick, in care of his uncle , their day on beach, talks and the pressure of so realistic tension, the night and an accidental death. The virtue of Hamza Bangash is to propose , in gentle terms, an universal story about isolation, pain, fear, depression , reflecting the spirit of Karachi. And the result is more than admirable.