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White Nights (2003)
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Original name: شبهای روشن
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young university professor, who leads a quiet and reclusive life and fills his life with reading and teaching literature, meet a young girl who has altered the course of her life for the sake of a man she loves. She has promised to meet her beloved at a certain spot on four consecutive nights exactly one year after their last meeting. The young professor's encounter with the young and passionate girl during four nights brings about significant changes in both of their lives and beliefs. Now concepts like love, literature and expection have a new meaning for them.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, poetic, intellectual, melancholic, art house, independent film, psychological, existential, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
loneliness, separation, longing, character study, literary, passion, young woman, memory, university professor, bittersweet, intimate, obsession, sacrifice, urban, slice of life, iranian, persian, dialogue driven, reunion
Place:
iran, persia
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