A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
Director: Ana Lily Amirpour
Talent: Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan Marnò
Release Date: 22nd May 2015
After making a much deserved splash at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night finally reaches Irish shores. Billed as an Iranian romantic vampire western, writer-director Ana Lily Amirpour has passionately created a film that is achingly cool but still has many layers buried within. Shot in stark black and white, Amirpour sets the film in the fictional town of Bad City, a ghost town where vampire the Girl (Sheila Vand) roams the streets at night, looking for blood and despicable men who are full of it. A key factor to Amirpour’s success with this film is in her use of music throughout. A scene between the Girl and potential love-interest Arash features White Lies’ song Death and beautifully uses it to express affection between the two. Amirpour has created a gorgeous fever dream of a film that will reward on repeated viewings.
Words: Stephen McCabe
