Nights of Zayandeh Rood

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Nights of Zayandeh Rood
CinematographyAlireza Zarrindast
LanguagePersian
Box office$3,536

Nights of Zayandeh Rood (Persian: شب های زاینده رود) 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.[1][2] It is named after the Zayande Rood river in Isfahan, Iran.

37 Minutes of the film was censored.

Plot[edit]

The story is about the life of a sociology university lecturer and his daughter pre 1979 revolution, during the revolution and after it.

Cast[edit]

  • Manochehr Esmaeeli
  • Mozhgan Naderi
  • Parvaneh Gowharani
  • Zeinab Rahdari
  • Mehrdad Farid
  • Mohsen Ghasemi
  • Afsaneh Heidariyan
  • Nahid Rashidi
  • Maryam Naghib

Soundtrack[edit]

Two of the songs used in the film are one song by Hossein Khajeh Amiri and one song by Alireza Eftekhari.[3]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ آذر, بابک غفوری (4 February 2021). "سانسور و توقیف در سال کرونا؛ همه حاشیه‌های فجر سی و نهم". رادیو فردا (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  2. ^ "توقیفی‌ها". ایسنا (in Persian). 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  3. ^ "شب های زاینده رود". www.cinema-theatre.com. Retrieved 2021-02-21.