The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood

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.

• Release date
• February 1, 1990
• Runtime
• 65 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Cast

Manuchehr Esmaili Mohammad Alaghemand

M

Mozhgan Naderi Sayeh

P

Parvaneh Gowharani Parvaneh

Z

Zeinab Rahdari Tooran

M

Mehrdad Farid Mehrdad Tabatabai