TEHRAN -- The cinematheque of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) is scheduled to screen “The Host” (2006), a monster film by South Korean director Joon-ho Bong, this afternoon.
A number of film critics and screenwriters will review the film after the screening, TMCA announced in a press release on Tuesday.
“The Host” features a creature plunging from a bridge into the Han River and then emerging on its shores for a feeding frenzy upon onlookers. When a young girl is snatched in the melee, her family sets off to recover her from the monster that the government claims to be a host of an unidentified virus.
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