Under The Shadow

Babak Anvari writes and directs this Iranian horror set in 1980s Tehran. Trying to retain some normalcy despite the bombs falling around them, mother and daughter Shideh (Narges Rashidi) and Dorsa (Avin Manshadi) remain in the city when Shideh's husband is called up to fight, despite his wish that they travel somewhere safer. However, as Dorsa's behaviour becomes increasingly strange, Shideh realises that there is a malevolent presence in their house and it is growing stronger...