The Rings (Zangha) | |
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Directed by | Mohammad Reza Honarmand |
Written by | Mohsen Makhmalbaf |
Starring | Mohammad Kasebi Reza kasebi BR |
Music by | Ali Gholamali |
Cinematography | Abbas Takin |
Distributed by | Islamic artistic centre of Iran |
Release date(s) | 1985 |
Running time | 88 min. |
Language | Persian |
The Rings is a 1985 Iranian horror mystery film written by the renowned director Mohsen Makhmalbaf and directed by Mohammad Reza Honarmand. It tells the story of a reporter investigating the sudden, inexplicable deaths of a growing number of people who had received phone calls informing them of exactly how long they had to live. The word Zangha is Persian for "The Rings" (as in phone rings).
A group of people travel around the desert, receiving phone calls on their mobile phones from the future informing them that they have 5 minutes to live.
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