After being exiled to a fenced-off wasteland, Arlen is kidnapped by a group of cannibals and goes on a journey to reunite a missing girl with her father.
Direction
Amirpour's fearless genre-mashing confidence
Cinematography
Searing pastel desert vistas that sear your retinas
Score
Synth-heavy soundtrack by Italian prog-rockers Goblin
Director
Ana Lily Amirpour
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jim Carrey insisted on playing The Hermit mute and unrecognizable; most viewers don't realize it's him until the credits.
Amirpour called this her 'Texas cannibal love story'—a deliberate pivot from her acclaimed Iranian vampire film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night.
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