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In Flames

Submissions for Best International Feature (Academy Awards 2024)

In Flames

2023

Zarrar Kahn

Ramesha Nawal, Omar Javaid, Bakhtawar Mazhar, Mohammad Ali Hashmi ...

5.9

113

Horror After the death of the family patriarch, a mother and daughter's precarious existence is ripped apart. They must find strength in each other if they are to survive the malevolent forces that threaten to engulf them.

	Media	Author	Review
		Lovia Gyarkye The Hollywood Reporter	"A haunting tale of oppression (...) Nawal's expressions are penetrating and precise"
		Christian Zilko IndieWire	"[It] masterfully blends the topical and the universal to create a Kafkaesque nightmare"
		Allan Hunter Screendaily	"A promising feature debut (...) A slow burn of a film that successfully builds a growing sense of unease"
		Steve Rose The Guardian	"Nawal centres the story and holds the screen admirably; conveying emotional subtleties and depths, often without words, and this feels like a glimpse of a world that’s usually hidden (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Manuel Betancourt Variety	"Pakistan’s intimate Oscar submission is a bruising indictment of the country’s insidious patriarchal order"
		Wendy Ide The Guardian	"It raids the box of generic horror tropes but fails to generate any notable scares (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Shelagh Rowan-Legg Screen Anarchy	"'In Flames' does not let its characters, or audience, rest easy in its earthy, tangible hauntings, ones that spring from the violence barely contained beneath a veneer of politeness and conformity"
		Patrice Witherspoon Screen Rant	"An intensely vivid tale of survival (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tania Hussain Collider	"A deeply affecting psychological thriller (...) [It] isn't an easy watch, but it's an important discussion that needs to be addressed"

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