A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night - wikipedia A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night For the song by Marnie, see Strange Words and Weird Wars. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Film poster Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour Produced by Justin Begnaud Sina Sayyah Elijah Wood Written by Ana Lily Amirpour Starring Sheila Vand Arash Marandi Mozhan Marnò Marshall Manesh Dominic Rains Cinematography Lyle Vincent Edited by Alex O'Flinn Production companies Logan Pictures SpectreVision Distributed by VICE Films Release date January 20, 2014 ( 2014 - 01 - 20 ) ( Sundance ) November 21, 2014 ( 2014 - 11 - 21 ) ( United States ) Running time 101 minutes Country United States Language Persian Box office $628,000 A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night ( Persian : دختری در شب تنها به خانه می‌رود ‎ Dokhtari dar šab tanhâ be xâne miravad ) is a 2014 Persian - language American vampire western film directed by Ana Lily Amirpour. Tagged as `` The first Iranian vampire Western '', it was chosen to show in the `` Next '' program at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. The film is described as being set in `` the Iranian ghost - town Bad City '' and depicts the doings of `` a lonesome vampire ''. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Soundtrack 5 Reception 6 Adaptations 7 References 8 External links Plot A young, hardworking Iranian man named Arash lives with and takes care of his heroin - addicted father, Hossein. They are harassed by a cruel, drug - dealer pimp named Saeed, who seizes the young man 's prized car in exchange for money the father owes him. In a crime of opportunity, Arash steals a pair of diamond earrings from the wealthy young woman he works for, Shaydah. Saeed comes across a strange young woman in a chador at night. She seduces Saeed to take her back to his apartment. While there, she grows long fangs and first bites off his finger, then goes for his neck, killing him. As she leaves, she passes by Arash, who has come to offer the earrings for his car. He finds Saeed dead, and takes back his car keys along with a suitcase of drugs and cash. Arash decides to sell the drugs, allowing him to quit his job working for Shaydah. Later, he goes to a costume party at a night club dressed up as Dracula, where he is seduced by Shaydah into taking one of the ecstasy pills he is selling. Under the influence, he is rejected by her, and ends up lost at night on the street. The woman with the chador spends her time listening to music alone in her apartment, skateboarding, or bedeviling pedestrians at night, until she comes across the lost Arash. He shows vulnerability and compassion, and she takes him to her home, where they listen to music, and she resists his exposed neck. They meet the next night, and she says that he does not know the terrible things she has done. He is unfazed, gives her the earrings and -- at her request -- pierces her ears with a safety pin, but she eventually leaves. Atti, a prostitute who worked for Saeed, is followed at night by the woman, and they retreat to the prostitute 's apartment. The woman gives Atti the payment Saeed owed her. They have a conversation during which the woman realizes that Atti no longer remembers what it is to desire. She leaves. Suffering from heroin withdrawal, Hossein has an episode where he believes that Arash 's cat is his dead wife. Infuriated by his father, Arash gives him drugs and money and throws him out, telling him to take the cat with him. Hossein goes to Atti and forces her to take heroin with him. They are found by the woman, who kills Hossein. After Atti helps her dispose of Hossein 's body, she tells her to take the cat and leave. The following morning, Arash discovers Hossein 's body. Distressed, he runs to the apartment of the woman and begs her to run away with him. As she is gathering up her things, the cat appears and Arash realizes that she had something to do with his father 's death. Arash and the woman drive off together but he pulls off to the side of the road, angry and undecided about what to do. He eventually gets back in the car and the two continue their trip onwards. Cast Sheila Vand as The Girl Arash Marandi as Arash Marshall Manesh as Hossein Dominic Rains as Saeed Mozhan Marnò as Atti Rome Shadanloo as Shaydah Masuka as the cat Production An early short film with the same title from Amirpour screened at festivals and won Best Short Film at the Noor Iranian Film Festival. An Indiegogo campaign was launched in July 2012 to fund the feature - length version of the film. On August 27, 2012, the campaign 's goal of $55,000 was surpassed. The project ended up with a total sum of $56,903 raised by 290 backers. The film was shot in the town of Taft in Kern County in southern California. Soundtrack No. Title Artist Length 1. `` Charkhesh e Pooch '' Kiosk 2 : 23 2. `` Gelaye '' Radio Tehran 3 : 43 3. `` Sarcophagus '' Federale 8 : 34 4. `` Dancing girls '' Farah 5 : 35 5. `` Bashy '' Free Electric Band 5 : 14 6. `` Black Sunday '' Federale 3 : 58 7. `` Hishe Ayn Ore ( Remember That Day ? ) '' Bei Ru 2 : 52 8. `` Bread Thief '' Bei Ru 3 : 00 9. `` Death ( album version ) '' White Lies 5 : 00 10. `` Sisyphus '' Federale 4 : 14 11. `` Khabnama '' Radio Tehran 6 : 33 12. `` Thirsty 's Return '' Federale 3 : 26 13. `` Cheshme Man '' Dariush 4 : 54 14. `` Tatilat '' Radio Tehran 5 : 40 15. `` Yarom Bia '' Kiosk 4 : 31 16. `` The Veil '' Bei Ru 3 : 52 17. `` Tribe '' Federale 4 : 25 Reception The film received positive reviews from critics, holding a 96 % `` Certified Fresh '' approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 116 reviews. Guy Lodge of Variety said in his review that `` Ana Lily Amirpour 's auspicious debut feature is a sly, slinky vampire romance set in an imaginary Iranian underworld ''. Andrew O'Hehir of Salon called the film `` the year 's biggest discovery '' and praised its feminist themes. Boyd van Hoeij, in his review for The Hollywood Reporter, praised the movie, saying `` this moody and gorgeous film is finally more about atmosphere and emotions than narrative -- and none the worse for it ''. Drew Taylor of Indiewire graded the film A − and said that it gives `` the impression that you 're witnessing something iconic and important unfold before you ''. Adaptations The film was adapted into a graphic novel published by Radco in 2014. The belgian band The Black Heart Rebellion created an alternative soundtrack for the film and played it live several times while playing the film in the background. References ^ Jump up to : Lodge, Guy ( January 24, 2014 ). `` Sundance Film Review : ' A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night ' ''. Variety. Retrieved February 28, 2015. Jump up ^ `` A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT ( 15 ) ''. British Board of Film Classification. April 7, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2015. Jump up ^ `` A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night ( 2015 ) - International Box Office Results ''. The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved July 5, 2016. Jump up ^ Lyne, Charlie ( 2015 - 07 - 24 ). `` A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night : ' the first Iranian vampire western ' ''. The Guardian. ISSN 0261 - 3077. Retrieved December 10, 2016. Jump up ^ Barnes, Brooks ( December 4, 2013 ). `` A Sundance Lineup Laced With Race, Horror and Family Turmoil ''. The New York Times. Jump up ^ Moore, Debi ( December 4, 2013 ). `` First Wave of Sundance 2014 Films Announced ; See the Horror Highlights Here ''. Dread Central. Jump up ^ `` Credits at end of film, and cast list on IMDb ''. Jump up ^ `` 2012 NIFF Award Winners ''. Noor Iranian Film Festival ( NIFF ) official website. Retrieved October 16, 2015. Jump up ^ `` August 27, 2012 Indiegogo Update ''. Retrieved July 1, 2017. Jump up ^ `` A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Indiegogo Page ''. Retrieved July 1, 2017. Jump up ^ IMDb - filming locations Jump up ^ `` A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night ( 2014 ) ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 17, 2018. Jump up ^ `` '' A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night `` : The black - and - white, feminist Iranian vampire western you 've been waiting for ''. Salon. November 20, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2015. Jump up ^ `` A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night : Sundance Review ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 7, 2014. Jump up ^ `` New Directors / New Films Review : ' A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night ' Is A New Vampire Classic ''. Indiewire. Retrieved May 7, 2014. Jump up ^ Moore, Debi ( December 4, 2013 ). `` Radco 's graphic novel adaptation of Ana Lily Amirpour 's mind - blowing A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT ''. Dread Central. Jump up ^ The Black Heart Rebellion ( 2017 - 04 - 04 ), Cult ! Live The Black Heart Rebellion plays ' A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night - Live soundtrack, retrieved 2018 - 04 - 19 Jump up ^ `` The Black Heart Rebellion plays A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, by The Black Heart Rebellion ''. The Black Heart Rebellion. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 19. External links A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night on IMDb A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night at Box Office Mojo A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night at Rotten Tomatoes A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night at Metacritic Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Girl_Walks_Home_Alone_at_Night&oldid=843107148 '' Categories : 2014 films Persian - language films 2014 horror films American films American supernatural horror films Directorial debut films Films about dysfunctional families Films about heroin addiction Films about prostitution Films set in Iran Films shot in California Vampires in film Vice Films films Feminist films Films directed by Ana Lily Amirpour American black - and - white films Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from May 2015 Articles containing Persian - language text Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch فارسی Français 한국어 Italiano Português Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 26 May 2018, at 22 : 55. About Wikipedia

Question: where was a girl walks alone at night filmed
Answer: the town of Taft in Kern County in southern California