THE STRANGER AND THE FOG

A film by Bahram BEYZAIE

Iran / 140'’ / status : completed

A young man mysteriously washes ashore in a canoe along the Persian Gulf, his memory erased. As he awakens and begins anew, he falls deeply in love with a captivating village woman, leading to their marriage. However, years of tranquillity shatter when enigmatic strangers from the sea arrive, relentlessly seeking him and unleashing chaos upon the village.

Press

“A paranoid , prescient film of post -revolutionary Iran, inspired, according to Beyzaie , by his darkest nightmares.”

Les Cahiers du Cinéma