The Viewer's Commentary

Directed by: Ana Lily Amirpour

Produced by: Justin Begnaud, Sina Sayyah, Elijah Wood

Written by: Ana Lily Amirpour

Edited by: Alex O’Flinn

Cinematography by: Lyle Vincent

Music by: Johnny Jewel

Starring: Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan Marnò, Dominic Rains, Rome Shadanloo, Milad Eghbali

Based on the short film by Ana Lily Amirpour

Year: 2014

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, as a film, is as vague and provocative as its title suggests. Its hero, the titular Girl, is herself a mystery, spending her nights walking down the streets of the ravaged Bad City, Iran, cloaked in the darkness with the help of her pitch black chador. The conservative covering suggests a subservient nature to everyone who encounters her, but it’s more than that – it’s a disguise this unassuming and lonely Girl puts on to conceal her true identity. She’s an empowered, strong woman who will not be taken advantage of, least of all by men who see her and other women as objects to own and use. She is no object. In fact, she isn’t even really human… Read more…