This film is presented by St. Louis’s long-running cult film series Strange Brew and will feature a pre-film intro by Strange Brew programmer Jon Scorfina.

Billed as “the first Iranian vampire western,”  Ana Lily Amipour’s directorial debut A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (دختری در شب تنها به خانه می‌رود) follows the misadventures of a lone vampire girl who feasts on pimps and drug-dealers in a fictional Iranian ghost-town called Bad City. The Vampire Girl, played coolly by Sheila Vand, skateboards through the lonesome streets cloaked in a traditional Persian chādor with a lust for the blood for the oil town’s evil men. When she meets Arash (Arash Marandi), a compassionate son of a heroin addict, an awkward and complicated romance begins.   

The film was shot in otherworldly black & white with anamorphic lenses, and was inspired by a combination of Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns and German Expressionism, particularly the 1922 silent film Nosferatu. The soundtrack is largely composed of Spaghetti Western-inspired songs by Federale (a side project of Collin Hegna of The Brian Jonestown Massacre) and is sprinkled with neo-new wave and synth pop tracks that create an out-of-time atmosphere for the film. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night was praised for its modern deconstruction of the Vampire myth with its feminist twist of making the lone female the most dangerous thing any bad man could encounter alone on the streets at night. 

In Persian with English Subtitles.

Shown with the short Skate Witches (1986)

THEATER POLICIES

All seats are first-come, first-served.

The theater opens 30 minutes prior to showtime, except for “Happy Hour” events and pre-shows when the theater opens at the listed start time.

All ages are welcome at Arkadin except for Drinkolas Cage events, which are restricted to 21+. We follow the MPAA rating guidelines for all other films.

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