‘Zalava’ Review: Scientific Beliefs Clash With Superstition
As the Zalavians scramble in fear of additional invisible demons, the sergeant and the doctor watch skeptically as Amardan (theater and film actor Pouria Rahimi Sam), an itinerant exorcist, makes a show of capturing something unseen in a glass jar. Amiri and co-scribes Ida Panahandeh and Tahmineh Bahram write a nifty first showdown between the sergeant and exorcist that becomes several rounds of clever one-upmanship with masculine pride and credibility at stake.
September 15, 2021 | 6:23 pm
