Director: Babak Anvari
Cast: Rosamund Pike, Matthew Rhys, Megan McDonnell, Tadhg Murphy, Stephen Jones
Hallow Road is a 2025 Irish-British-American drama thriller directed by Babak Anvari, starring Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys. Running a tight 80 minutes, it places two parents in an agonizing real-time crisis after a single phone call shatters their night.
What is Hallow Road about?
Late at night, a couple's quiet home is upended when their daughter rings them in a panic — she has just been involved in a fatal road accident and does not know what to do. Faced with an impossible moral choice, the parents must decide how far they will go to protect their child. As the clock ticks and the truth of the night grows murkier, the film steadily tightens its grip, asking hard questions about loyalty, guilt, and the lengths ordinary people will cross when family is on the line. Every decision carries weight, and the story never lets its characters off the hook.
Cast & crew
Director Babak Anvari, known for his precise command of atmosphere and tension, brings that same controlled intensity to Hallow Road. Rosamund Pike anchors the film as the mother, delivering the kind of coiled, internal performance she excels at. Matthew Rhys matches her as the father, and Megan McDonnell brings raw, fractured energy to the crucial off-screen-then-on-screen role of the daughter.
Context & significance
Babak Anvari is an Iranian-born filmmaker who has built a strong international reputation — a fact that resonates with diaspora viewers who follow Persian-heritage talent working in world cinema. Hallow Road fits squarely in the tradition of European moral-thriller cinema: intimate in scale, heavy on dread, light on spectacle. For Persian-speaking audiences abroad who enjoy tightly wound family dramas that probe ethical grey zones — think of the slow-burn tension familiar from Iranian festival cinema — this film delivers that same pressure-cooker intimacy in an English-language package. It is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing, so no fluency barrier stands between you and the story.
Where & how to watch
Hallow Road is available on K-Time with full Persian dubbing and subtitles. Watch on your browser, smart TV, or Android device — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Subscribe and cancel anytime.