Corona

Corona (2020)

Fear is a virus

When unlikely neighbors are trapped in an elevator with a coronavirus suspect, fear and racism spread among them faster than the virus.

Date of release
2020-09-01
TMDB
3.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 3m
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Director
Mostafa Keshvari

Casting

Interesting facts

Corona, also known as Corona: Fear Is a Virus, is a 2020 Canadian thriller drama film about a group of people stuck in an elevator during the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was written and directed by Mostafa Keshvari, and made in part to address xenophobia and racism related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Development

Mostafa Keshvari came up with the idea to film Corona after reading headlines on the COVID-19 virus. The news reported that Asian communities in Canada were experiencing multiple xenophobic and racist incidents due to the association of COVID-19 with China. Keshvari has stated that at the time “nobody thought a white person could get it.

Corona was shot in one shot using a handheld camera during early 2020 and the actors were allowed to improvise on the script. According to an interview with Vancouver Magazine, the film was shot twenty times before it was successfully completed. Filming was completed prior to Canada and other countries going on lockdown and Keshvari submitted the completed movie to film festivals, which were cancelled due to the shutdown.

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