identifier
MOVI-10450
workPresented
section
Nome
Zalava
Zalava
originalName
Zalava
Director
countryOfOrigin
IrãPlace
description

1978, in a small village called Zalava, villagers claim that a demon is among them. A young sergeant who investigates the claim crosses paths with an exorcist attempting to evict the demon from the village. He arrests the exorcist on charges of fraud, but suddenly finds himself stuck in a cursed house with his lover. The villagers who believe they are both possessed by the demon, decide to kill them.


Winner of the Critics` Week at the Venice Film Festival. It was also presented at the Toronto Film Festival.


Em 1978, os habitantes de uma pequena cidade chamada Zalava acreditam que um demônio ronda a região. O jovem sargento que investiga o caso encontra um exorcista tentando expulsar o tal demônio da cidadezinha. Ele prende esse homem sob alegação de fraude, mas subitamente se encontra preso numa casa amaldiçoada com a mulher que ama. Os moradores acreditam que os dois estão possuídos e decidem matá-los.


Vencedor da Semana da Crítica do Festival de Veneza. Também foi exibido no Festival de Toronto.

duration
93
color
genre
FictionGenre
Screenplay
Arsalan Amiri, Ida Panahandeh, Tahmineh Bahram
Photography
Mohammad Rasouli
Montage
Emad Khodabaksh
Sound design
Rashid Daneshmand, Amir Hossein Ghasemi
Music
Ramin Kousha
Production Design
M. Reza Shojaei, M. Hoseyn Karami
Casting
Navid Pourfaraj, Pouria Rahimi Sam, Hoda Zeinolabedin, Baset Rezaei, Fereydoun Hamedi, Shaho Rostami
Producer
Samira Baradari, Rouhollah Baradari
Production Company
Touba Films
World Sales
LevelK
2021