The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood
MovieTitle | شبهای زاینده رود |
User score | 4.7 |
Release date | Feb 1, 1990 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Mohsen Makhmalbaf |
Production country | Iran |
Production companies | Makhmalbaf Film House Productions |
Run time | 65 min. |
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.