Shabe Bisto Nohom : شب بیست و نهم : "Shab-e Bist-o Noh" is a horror film directed and produced by Hamid Rakhshani. It was produced in the winter of 1367 (1988) and released in 1368 (1989). The screenplay is a collaboration between Hamid Rakhshani and Ebrahim Mansouri.
Plot Summary: From childhood, Morteza and Esmaeil are designated to marry each other according to a family tradition. Morteza's father becomes concerned about Morteza's future upon seeing a jinn behind their house when Morteza is born and his twin is buried. Years later, during the summer of 1963, rumors of an earthquake in Tehran spread. The city is evacuated. On the way back home, Morteza sees the jinn on the roof of their house and moments later, in the kitchen, he encounters the jinn coming towards him with a terrifying sound.
Cast:
Hossein Gil as Hossein Alishah
Reza Roygari as Haj Esmaeil
Reza Rakhshani as Rajab, Haj Esmaeil's father
Zhila Shahbazi (credited as Azam Mousavi in the opening credits) as Ma'soumeh, Morteza's mother
Marjan Gholchin as Morteza
Hamideh Khairabadi
Esmat Rezaei as Atefeh
Mandana Aslani as Zahra, Atefeh's sister
Anik Shafrazian as Ma'soumeh's mother
Mandana Babakhani as Safiyeh, Haj Esmaeil's sister-in-law
Hossein Shahab as Akbar, Atefeh's first husband
Mansour Heidari as Ase, the doctor's assistant
Eisa Safaee as Nazem al-Atba, the hospital supervisor
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