Under the Shadow Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

As a mother and daughter struggle to cope with the terrors of the post-revolution, war torn Tehran of the 80s, a mysterious evil begins to haunt their home.

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Shideh (Narges Rashidi) and her family live amid the chaos of the Iran-Iraq war, a period known as The War of the Cities. Accused of subversion by the post-Revolution government and blacklisted from medical college, she falls into a state of malaise. With Tehran under the constant threat of aerial bombardment, her husband (Bobby Naderi) is drafted and sent to the frontlines by the army, leaving Shideh all alone to protect their young daughter, Dorsa (Avin Manshadi). Soon after he leaves, a missile hits their apartment building and while failing to explode, a neighbor dies under mysterious circumstances and Dorsa’s behavior becomes increasingly erratic.

Shideh finds herself slowly drawn into the ensuing turmoil, struggling to cling onto what is real and what is not. Searching for answers, she learns from a superstitious neighbor that the cursed missile might have brought with it Djinn – malevolent Middle-Eastern spirits that travel on the wind. Convinced that a supernatural force within the building is attempting to possess Dorsa, Shideh has no choice but to confront these forces if she is to save her daughter and herself.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Under the Shadow.

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  Narges Rashidi

• B
  Bobby Naderi

  The Beekeeper

• A
  Avin Manshadi

• R
  Ray Haratian

• H
  Hamidreza Djavdan

• S
  Soussan Farrokhnia

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The film's director Babak Anvari last directed I Came By and Wounds. The film's writer Babak Anvari last wrote Wounds and Departure.

Director

Babak Anvari

Screenwriter

Babak Anvari

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Aug 2016

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