The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood (1990)
شبهای زاینده رود
Through the tides of change, their lives mirror the river's silent witness to revolution.
A film about an anthropologist and his daughter during three periods: before, during, and after the Iranian Revolution. The daughter works in the accident & emergency department of a hospital, which is never empty of suicidal patients. The reason behind each suicide attempt is different, especially before and after the revolution. Looking for a reason to live, one of the suicide patients falls in love with the anthropologist’s daughter.
- Date of release
- 1990-02-01
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 5m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Casting
- Manuchehr Esmaili — Mohammad Alaghemand
- Mozhgan Naderi — Sayeh
- Parvaneh Gowharani — Parvaneh
- Zeinab Rahdari — Tooran
- Mehrdad Farid — Mehrdad Tabatabai
Interesting facts
Nights of Zayandeh Rood is an Iranian film written and directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. It was released, censored and banned in 1990–1991, it wasn't shown for 26 years until 2016 Venice Film Festival. It is named after the Zayande Rood river in Isfahan, Iran.
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