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The Night Movie Storyline. Babak Naderi and his wife Neda, an Iranian couple living in the United States with their one-year old daughter Shabnam, are driving home after visiting some friends. However, the car’s navigation system starts malfunctioning, and they end up getting lost. After driving around for a couple of hours, they decide to spend the night at the Hotel Normandie.
Babak almost gets into a physical altercation with a homeless elderly man while entering the hotel, but the man vanishes after Babak and Neda check into the hotel. The receptionist informs them that only one suite is available, and that the hotel doors are locked at night.
Babak and Neda begin to notice strange events during their stay at the hotel. Neda is woken by Shabnam, and someone knocks on the room door, saying “Mommy”. Upon checking the hallway, Neda sees a small child, who disappears after going down a hallway.
Babak is also woken by Shabnam, and prepares a bottle of milk with the help of the hotel receptionist, who tells him about the various tragic events he has witnessed. Babak sees the homeless man again outside the hotel, and sees the reflection of a strange woman next to him. When he turns around, he is confronted by Neda, who tells him to go to sleep and that she will bring Shabnam up to their hotel room. However, he later finds Shabnam still on the ground floor, and Neda tells him that she was asleep.
Later, Babak is startled upon seeing the woman from earlier standing in front of him. After Babak and Neda hear thumping noises above them, Babak goes up to the hotel roof, but does not find anyone. He calls the police, saying that someone is harassing them.
A police officer arrives, but he is skeptical of the couple’s claims of people disturbing them, and asks Babak if there is something he is not telling him. There is a knock on the room door, and Babak finds the same police officer there when answering the door. The incident unnerves the couple so much that they decide to leave the hotel. However, Babak forgets the car keys, and he returns to the hotel room to get them while Neda waits near the car.
The Night is a 2020 psychological horror thriller film directed by Kourosh Ahari in his directorial debut. It is a co-production between Iran and the United States, starring Shahab Hosseini, Niousha Noor, Leah Oganyan, and George Maguire. The film tells the story of an Iranian couple living in the United States, who are imprisoned in a Los Angeles hotel.
The film had its world premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on January 20, 2020. It was released in theaters and via video on demand in the United States on January 29, 2021 by IFC Midnight. The film was released in Iran on February 24, 2021 by Mammoth Pictures and Ayat Film Company; it is the first American-made film to receive permission for theatrical release in Iran since the Iranian Revolution in 1979. The film received permission for release in Iran prior to the Trump administration’s new sanctions on Iran at the end of 2018. The Night grossed $26,114 in North America and $17,927 in other territories for a total worldwide gross of $44,041.
The Night (2021)
Directed by: Kourosh Ahari
Starring: Shahab Hosseini, Niousha Jafarian (Noor), Leah Oganyan, George Maguire, Cara Fuqua, Armin Mehr, Steph Martinez, Kathreen Khavari, Gia Mora, Elester Latham
Screenplay by: Milad Jarmooz, Kourosh Ahari
Production Design by: Jennifer Dehghan
Cinematography by: Maz Makhani
Film Editing by: Kourosh Ahar
Costume Design by: Maryam Rasekh
Art Direction by: Gerin Del Carmen
Music by: Nima Fakhrara
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: IFC Midnight (United States), Mammoth Pictures, Ayat Film Company (Iran)
Release Date: January 20, 2020 (SBIFF), January 29, 2021 (United States), February 24, 2021 (Iran)
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