Director: Shahin Rashidi
Cast: Mohammad Rezaei Nasir, Naya Ghazanfari, Sarina Taraghi, Shahid Rashidi
Noh is a 2020 Iranian mystery-thriller film directed by Shahin Rashidi, running 81 minutes. Set against the isolation of remote terrain, it follows a secretive young photographer whose yearly ritual draws eight unsuspecting strangers into a carefully laid trap. Tense and atmospheric, the film leans into slow-burn dread rather than conventional horror.
What is Noh about?
Every year, without fail, a young photographer seeks out eight new faces — strangers who share nothing except the misfortune of catching his eye. He brings them, one by one, to a location far from any city, far from anyone who might ask questions. What appears to be an unusual but harmless invitation reveals itself as something far more sinister once they arrive. The group soon senses that their host is not what he presented himself to be, and that the remote landscape surrounding them offers little chance of escape. The tension builds quietly, through atmosphere and mounting unease, as each character begins to grasp the gravity of their situation — though the full picture only emerges piece by piece.
Cast & crew
The film stars Mohammad Rezaei Nasir in the central role of the enigmatic photographer, bringing a controlled, unsettling calm to the character. Naya Ghazanfari and Sarina Taraghi appear among the group of young targets, each grounding their roles in recognizable vulnerability. Shahid Rashidi rounds out the principal cast. Director Shahin Rashidi also holds a credit in the cast, signaling a close personal investment in the material.
Context & significance
Iranian genre cinema has grown steadily more confident in the thriller and psychological horror space over the past decade, and Noh fits into that emerging tradition. For diaspora audiences who grew up watching Persian-language films defined by social realism and family drama, a home-grown thriller built around predatory ritual and rural isolation offers something genuinely different. The film draws on a recognizable global template — isolated group, hidden agenda, escalating menace — and filters it through an Iranian sensibility, using sparse dialogue and landscape to carry the mood. Viewers who enjoy slow-burn, atmosphere-heavy genre films from any country will find it worth their time.
Where & how to watch
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