''Dar Emtedade Shab'' ( fa, در امتداد شب; literally: ''Throughout the Night'') is a 1977 Iranian drama film directed by

Parviz Sayyad Parviz Sayyad ( fa, پرویز صیاد, Parviz Sayyād; born 22 March 1939) is an Iranian-born American celebrated actor, director, translator, and screenwriter of Iranian cinema. He was one of the earliest television stars in Iran. Early lif ...

. It stars Iranian singer

Googoosh Faegheh Atashin ( fa, فائقه آتشین; born 5 May 1950), known professionally as Googoosh ( fa, گوگوش, ), is an Iranian singer and former actress. One of the most popular and prolific entertainers in Iran, her career has spanned over ...

and actor

Saeed Kangarani Saeed Kangarani ( fa, سعید کنگرانی; 5 August 1954 – 14 September 2018), was an Iranian actor. He was a young actor during the pre-revolutionary Iranian cinema and didn't appear on the screens after the Iranian revolution until 20 ...

Plot

Parvaneh (Googoosh), who is a famous singer and movie star, has an affair with Kaveh (naser Mamdouh) who has a family, after she gets divorced. A student named Baabak (Saeed Kangarani), who suffers from

leukaemia Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia and pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or ...

, falls in love with Parvaneh and writes her letters expressing his love. They meet and have a good time together for a while. Parvaneh hears about Baabak's disease and decides to send him abroad for

medical treatment A therapy or medical treatment (often abbreviated tx, Tx, or Tx) is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a medical diagnosis. As a rule, each therapy has indications and contraindications. There are many different ...

Cast

as Parvaneh *

as Baabak *Malihe Nazari as Baabak's mother *Naser Mamduh as Kaveh *Mahbubeh Bayat

References

1977 films Films directed by Parviz Sayyad 1970s Persian-language films Films about cancer Medical-themed films Iranian romantic drama films 1977 romantic drama films {{Persian-film-stub