Persian


The Nights of Zayandeh-rood




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Synopsis:

A few years before the revolution: A man, whom is a university professor in Sociology, has an accident while crossing the street with his wife. The passerby’s pass near them inattentively and therefore the man’s wife dies. When the professor recovers and returns home he throws all the papers related to his research on Sociology out of the window over the people’s heads because of the anger he has towards the inattention of people and promises himself not to work for them anymore…

During the revolution: A few years later, when the revolution in Iran is at its height, the professor witnesses the crowds’ uprise from the same window. Some people are wounded and the others get killed to save the wounded. The people are no longer inattention…

A few years after the revolution: The professor is sitting at home. He hears an accident sound and looks out from the window. A young biker whom has had an accident with a vehicle is dying and people are passing him inattention…

 

 

Title:

Screenwriter, Editor & Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Director of Photography: Ali-Reza Zarrindast
Sound: Jahangir Mirshekari
Sassan Bagherpour
Make-Up: Majid Eskandari
Atefeh Razavi
Song: Iraj
Saeed
Eftekhari
Assistant Director: Morteza Masaeli
Mohammad Nasrollahi
Hossein Ardakestani
Cast: Manochehr Esmaeeli
Mozhgan Naderi
Parvaneh Gowharani
Zeinab Rahdari
Mehrdad Farid
Mohsen Ghasemi
Afsaneh Heidariyan
Nahid Rashidi
Maryam Naghib
1991, color, 75 mins.