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The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood

Haifa Classics

  • Archive - Festival 32
  • Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 1990
  • 63 minutes
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Mohsen Makhmalbaf made The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood in Iran in 1990 and the film was shown just once before being cut and banned by Iranian censors. Earlier this year, some parts of the original negative were stolen from the archives of the Iranian censorship committee and smuggled to the west, and the copy has been restored by Makhmalbaf himself. The film opened the Venice Classics section of the 2016 Venice Festival.
The film itself is the story of an anthropologist and his daughter and it unfolds during three different periods: before, during and after the revolution.
Restored Digital Copy


  • Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf
  • Production Mohsen Makhmalbaf
  • Script Mohsen Makhmalbaf
  • Cinematography Ali-Reza Zarrindast
  • Editing Mohsen Makhmalbaf
  • Music Iraj Saeed Eftekhari
  • Festivals Venice
  • Actors Manochehr Esmaeeli, Mozhgan Naderi, Parvaneh Gowharani, Zeinab Rahdari
  • Source Makhmalbaf Film House

The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood