Asudem
| Asudem | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Daryush Shokof |
| Written by | Daryush Shokof |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Asudem is an American horror film written and directed by Daryush Shokof. Asudem is the reverse writing of Medusa indicates a surreal story of a woman Yangzom Brauen in the woods before meeting the devil, experiencing a heavenly vision after consuming hallucinogenic mushrooms. The film is shot in black and white and entirely in Berlin, Germany.
Plot
The location, setting, and compositions of the film are similar with most other films by Daryush Shokof in which the location, situation or both is confined to one place with universal elements as if it could be any place on earth.
The film begins with a woman hiding in a destroyed train station during a war. The woman confronts strange happenings throughout the film as the intensity of the incidents increase in danger until she finally meets the devil, who wants to finish her off, so she decides to feed the devil mushrooms in the woods, so he would have heavenly visions to suffocate him to death.
Cast
- Yangzom Brauen
- Joachim Paul Assboeck
- Guido Foehrweisser
- Narges Rashidi
- Manuel Cortez
- Benjamin Morik
- Ernest Hausmann
- Annabelle Mandeng
- Araba Walton
- Farvad Esfandyar
Art Design
Awards
Asudem won the best horror-film Genre award at the New York International Film and Video Festival NYIIFVF in 2007.[1]
References
- ↑ "Los Angeles March 2007 Awards". NYFilmVideoFestival. March 2007. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
External links
- Asudem at the Internet Movie Database
- Asudem at the International Film and Video Center
- Asudem at Independent film Distribution
- Extended Cast and Crew Info
- Info about the film's creator Daryush Shokof