A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Theatrical release poster
Persianدختری در شب تنها به خانه می‌رود
Directed byAna Lily Amirpour
Written byAna Lily Amirpour
Produced by
  • Sina Sayya
  • Justin Begnaud
  • Ana Lily Amirpour
Starring
CinematographyLyle Vincent
Edited byAlex O'Flinn
Music byBei Ru
Production
companies
  • SpectreVision
  • Logan Pictures
  • Black Light District
  • Say Ahh Productions
Distributed by
Release dates
  • January 20, 2014 (2014-01-20) (Sundance)[1]
  • November 21, 2014 (2014-11-21) (United States)
Running time
101 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguagePersian
Box office$628,000[3]

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Persian: دختری در شب تنها به خانه می‌رود Dokhtari dar šab tanhâ be xâne miravad) is a 2014 Persian-language American Western horror film[4] written and directed by Ana Lily Amirpour. Promoted as "The first Iranian vampire Western", it stars Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Mozhan Marnò, Marshall Manesh, and Dominic Rains. It was financed in part by a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night takes place in "the Iranian ghost-town Bad City" and depicts the doings of "a lonesome vampire".[5] It was filmed in Taft, California, in black-and-white. It was chosen to show in the "Next" program of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.[6]

  1. ^ Lodge, Guy (January 24, 2014). "Sundance Film Review: 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night'". Variety. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  2. ^ "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (15)". British Board of Film Classification. April 7, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  3. ^ "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2015) – International Box Office Results". The Numbers. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  4. ^ Lyne, Charlie (July 24, 2015). "A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night: 'the first Iranian vampire western'". The Guardian. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  5. ^ Barton, Steve (December 5, 2013). "First Wave of Sundance 2014 Films Announced; See the Horror Highlights Here". Dread Central.
  6. ^ Barnes, Brooks (December 4, 2013). "A Sundance Lineup Laced With Race, Horror and Family Turmoil". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015.