The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood
Original title: شبهای زاینده رود
“Through the tides of change, their lives mirror the river's silent witness to revolution.”
5.0(8)19901h 5mFA
Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
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.
