The Night
Short description
An Iranian couple living in the United States travels with their infant child and decides to stay overnight at a hotel after visiting friends. Once inside the building, the family becomes trapped by a malevolent force during a night that appears to never end. As strange occurrences unfold, the parents are forced to confront hidden secrets that have damaged their relationship.
The film was directed by Kourosh Ahari, who also co-wrote the screenplay and served as a producer. This production marks the start of a chronological list of his directorial work, followed by Parallel in 2024 and Kukeri in 2025. The cast features Shahab Hosseini and Niousha Noor as the parents, with George Maguire appearing as the hotel receptionist.
Audience reception for the movie is mixed, reflected in a rating of 5.5/10 on IMDb based on 3,800 votes and a score of 5.6/10 on TMDB from 120 votes. These figures are lower than the score provided by film critics, who gave the movie a 7/10 across 63 reviews.
What's left behind the scenes
- Milad Jarmuz wrote the initial script for a competition on FilmFreeway (an online platform for submitting films to festivals worldwide, founded in Canada in 2014). The script was originally in Farsi and came to the attention of Kourosh Ahari, who became the director and second screenwriter of the film.
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