The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood (1990)

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: 1990-02-01
• Runtime: 1h 5min
• Production Company: Makhmalbaf Film House Productions
• Production Country: Iran
• Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
• Writer: Mohsen Makhmalbaf