Wales One World screens Iranian ‘Zalava’

Iranian feature ‘Zalava’ has been competing at the Wales One World Film Festival.

Directed by Arsalan Amiri, the film is being screened at the 21st edition of the event.

The movie narrates an imaginary story in an imaginary land with imaginary people in the 70s.

The inter-genre film narrates the tale of people’s fear of an unknown phenomenon and their efforts to bring back security to the region.

A synopsis for ‘Zalava’ reads, “When a village claims to be cursed by a demon, a gendarmerie sergeant attempts to denounce the exorcist in charge, whom he believes is nothing but a fraud.

In 1978, in a small village called Zalava, some inhabitants claim there is a demon among them. Masoud, a young gendarmerie sergeant, goes to investigate. He encounters an exorcist attempting to rid the village of the demon. He arrests the exorcist on charges of fraud, but he finds himself stuck in a cursed house with his lover. The villagers, who believe they are both possessed by the demon, decided to burn down the house.”

Navid Pour-Faraj, Pouria Rahimi-Sam and Hoda Zeinolabedin have played key roles.

WOW "Wales One World" Film Festival is a small festival from Wales that started 20 years ago.

They curate eye-opening world cinema so you can experience the weird, wild, wonderful world we live in.

The 2022 edition of the event is currently underway from February 25 and will end on March 13.

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