| Nights of Zayandeh Rood | |
| Director: | Mohsen Makhmalbaf |
| Cinematography: | Alireza Zarrindast |
| Country: | Iran |
| Language: | Persian |
| Gross: | $3,536 |
Nights of Zayandeh Rood 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.
The story is about the life of a sociology university lecturer and his daughter pre-revolution, during the revolution and after it.
Two of the songs used in the film are one song by Hossein Khajeh Amiri and one song by Alireza Eftekhari.[3]