Nights of Zayandeh Rood

Nights of Zayandeh Rood
Nights of Zayandeh Rood
Directed by	Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cinematography	Alireza Zarrindast
Release date	1990;
Country	Iran
Language	Persian
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

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

Cast

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

Soundtrack

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

Awards

9th Fajr Film Festival nominated for best screenplay and sound capture

References

^ 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.
^ "توقیفی‌ها". ایسنا (in Persian). 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
^ "شب های زاینده رود". www.cinema-theatre.com. Retrieved 2021-02-21.

External links

Nights of Zayandeh Rood at IMDb

[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.

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