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The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood

شبهای زاینده رود

Through the tides of change, their lives mirror the river's silent witness to revolution.

5TMDB 1990 65 min
Drama
Iran
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An anthropologist and his daughter navigate life before, during, and after the Iranian Revolution. She works in a hospital emergency department where suicidal patients are constant, and one patient, searching for a reason to live, falls in love with her.

Directors
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cast
Manuchehr Esmaili, Mozhgan Naderi, Parvaneh Gowharani, Zeinab Rahdari, Mehrdad Farid
Country
Iran
Genre
Drama
Release date
1990-02-01
Studios
Makhmalbaf Film House Productions
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This film follows an anthropologist and his daughter across three periods: before, during, and after the Iranian Revolution. The daughter works in a hospital's accident and emergency department, which is never empty of suicidal patients. The reasons behind each suicide attempt vary, especially before and after the revolution. One patient, looking for a reason to live, falls in love with the anthropologist's daughter.

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