title: Nights of Zayandeh Rood
text: # Nights of Zayandeh Rood
  
  Nights of Zayandeh Rood (Persian: شب های زاینده رود) 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. It is named after the Zayande Rood river in Isfahan, Iran.
  
  37 Minutes of the film was censored.
  
  ## Plot
  
  The story is about the life of a sociology university lecturer and his daughter pre 1979 revolution, during the revolution and after it.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Manochehr Esmaeeli
  * Mozhgan Naderi
  * Parvaneh Gowharani
  * Zeinab Rahdari
  * Mehrdad Farid
  * Mohsen Ghasemi
  * Afsaneh Heidariyan
  * Nahid Rashidi
  * Maryam Naghib
  
  ## Soundtrack
  
  Two of the songs used in the film are one song by Hossein Khajeh Amiri and one song by Alireza Eftekhari.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * 9th Fajr Film Festival nominated for best screenplay and sound capture
  