A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

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.

Director:

Ana Lily Amirpour

Writer:

Ana Lily Amirpour

Stars:

Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh

7 wins & 23 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Sheila Vand	...	The Girl
Arash Marandi	...	Arash
Marshall Manesh	...	Hossein 'The Junkie'
Mozhan Marnò	...	Atti 'The Prostitute'
Dominic Rains	...	Saeed 'The Pimp'
Rome Shadanloo	...	Shaydah 'The Princess'
Milad Eghbali	...	The Street Urchin
Reza Sixo Safai	...	Rockabilly
Ray Haratian	...	The Boss 'Commercil'
Ana Lily Amirpour	...	Skeleton Partygirl
Pej Vahdat	...	DJ Porno
Masuka The Cat	...	The Cat (as Masuka)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maruti Garikiparthi	...	Marcus (as Maruti Gariki)

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | iranian vampire western | drugs | ghost town | cat | 

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Taglines:

The first Iranian Vampire Western

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Genres:

Drama | Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

Persian

Release Date:

20 April 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Garota Que Anda à Noite

Filming Locations:

Taft, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Say Ahh Productions, SpectreVision, Logan Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The cat (Masuka) was not originally written in the script but Amirpour was so impressed by his skills that she put him in the film.

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Goofs

Although the movie is set in the Iranian ghost-town Bad City. Two locomotives from the California area are seen at the power plant after The Girl gets her ears pierced. Two engines, one marked CEFX 3048 and one marked Railink RLK 2121 are seen pulling some GATX corporation cars. CEFX 3048's and RLK 2121's normal area of operations would be in California.

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Quotes

Arash: If there was a storm coming right now, a big storm, from behind those mountains, would it matter? Would it change anything?

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Connections

Referenced in T00nVision: A Halloween Discussion (2017)

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Soundtracks

Bashy
Written by Daniel Brandt, Ian Brauer and Julian Schleef
Performed by Free Electric Band

User Reviews

Slow and moody

"A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night" is an interesting movie. More a curiosity at moments than a movie with a body and a plot, it ends being saved by its atmosphere and the cinematography, even if some of its moments fall into the silly.

A vampire is roaming an Iranian town. She goes around killing 'bad' men, talking with people and just being very, very shy. She becomes friends with a young guy. Will she end up killing him?

Who are we kidding. The movie doesn't really care about vampires or anything. On the other hand, it has a very nice atmosphere and some of its aspects, like the music or the bleak black and white, give it an atmosphere close to a Western. The camera-work is good, and the direction acceptable enough. There are a couple of scenes really good. The acting, however, is a little bit stilted and, in a couple of occasions, just too silly. The vampire's movements are hilarious (not sure if on purpose).

"A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night" ends being a movie that will be enjoyed more by people who like their movies about atmosphere and 'messages'. Just forget about plot and pace.