Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cast: Mirhadi Tayebi, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Ali Bakhsi, Ammar Tafti, Maryam Mohamadamini
Noon va Goldoon is a 1996 Iranian drama film directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, co-produced with France. Running 78 minutes, the film draws on autobiographical material to examine guilt, memory, and the desire for reconciliation between two men whose lives were permanently altered by a single act of violence decades earlier.
What is Noon va Goldoon about?
As a seventeen-year-old during the 1970s, a young man attacks a police officer at a street demonstration, wounding him and setting off consequences that reshape both their lives. More than twenty years pass. Now an adult filmmaker, the protagonist grows increasingly troubled by the weight of what he did as a teenager and decides to search for the officer he harmed. When the two men finally meet, neither finds the encounter simple or easy to resolve. The film traces that search and its uneasy aftermath, exploring whether genuine reconciliation between two strangers—bound by a moment of violence—is ever truly possible, and what it costs each of them to find out.
Cast & crew
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who directed the film, also appears on screen, lending the project an unusual self-reflective quality. Mirhadi Tayebi and Ali Bakhsi are among the performers, alongside Ammar Tafti, Maryam Mohamadamini, Moharram Zaynalzadeh, and Hana Makhmalbaf. The presence of family members and collaborators from Makhmalbaf's extended circle gives the cast a notably personal character.
Context & significance
Makhmalbaf is one of the most internationally recognised names in Iranian cinema, with a body of work spanning several decades and multiple co-productions with European partners. Noon va Goldoon occupies a distinctive place in his filmography because it situates a public historical moment—street unrest in pre-revolutionary Iran—as the backdrop for a deeply private story of conscience. For diaspora viewers who lived through that era or grew up hearing about it, the film offers a considered, human-scale account of events that shaped a generation, framed not as polemic but as personal reckoning. Its 7.7 IMDb rating reflects sustained international interest.
Where & how to watch
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