The Last Night

A fine example of the female-led melodramas of the 1950s that revived Iranian cinema after a long hiatus during WWII, The Last Night follows Monir, a happily married woman who gets blackmailed by her former lover and must rely on an actress to clear her name. There’s a striking sense of 1950s Iranian cosmopolitanism, especially when the camera leaves the studio and ventures into the streets of Tehran or the ski resorts in the north of the city.

Cast

H

Hossein Daneshavar

Azadeh

Mino

M

Mehdi Raghabi

Roya

Shirin

T

Tabatabai

Dr. Saeed

B

Beyk-Khan

Ahmad

S

Soheila Sokhansanj

Stepmother

E

Ezzatollah Vosoogh

Father Mino

H

Hooshang Azadeganian

G

Giti

Mrs. Nurse

S

Simin (I)

nanny

A

Afshar

Aunt

S

Susan Fallah

Ahamad Child

A

Amir Badi

Child Mansour