Intensely atmospheric, this cleverly mixes Kurdish folklore and mild horror conventions to great effect. Sent to investigate reports of demonic possession in a remote mountain village, a sceptical army officer, Masoud curses the villagers for fools and arrests the exorcist as a conman. As the villagers fear and anger grow Masoud finds himself and his love interest, the local doctor surrounded by villagers who believe they are both possessed. Skilfully directed and well performed this makes for an engaging mix of genre thrills and acute social satire.

“a confident, cinema-literate feature debut” Variety

“Amiri’s visual sense, along with a surprising streak of dark humor, keeps it humming from first frame to last.” rogerebert.com

Winner of the Grand Prize Venice International Critics Week at Venice Film Festival 2021

Winner of Best First Film & Best Screenplay at Fajr Film Festival 2021

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A hithau’n llawn naws, mae’r ffilm hon yn cymysgu’n gelfydd llên gwerin Cwrdaidd a chonfensiynau arswyd ysgafn mewn modd effeithiol iawn. Caiff Masoud, swyddog y fyddin amheus, ei anfon i ymchwilio i adroddiadau o feddiant demonig mewn pentref mynyddig anghysbell. Yno mae’n cyhuddo’r pentrefwyr o fod yn ffyliaid ac yn arestio'r bwriwr cythreuliaid am fod yn dwyllwr. Wrth i ofn a dicter y pentrefwyr gynyddu mae Masoud yn sylweddoli ei fod yntau a’r meddyg lleol y mae wedi gwirioni arni, wedi'u hamgylchynu gan bentrefwyr sy'n credu bod y ddau ohonyn nhw wedi’u meddiannu. Gyda chyfarwyddo medrus a pherfformio da, dyma i chi gymysgedd atyniadol o wefrau genre a dychan cymdeithasol dwys.