Twenty Years of Waiting
1966, Persian. Directed by Mehdi Reisfirooz.
Maryam leaves her son Majid on the street, and a man named Abbas Agha and his wife Fatemeh raise the child. Farid, Maryam's husband, is released from prison and later becomes very wealthy. Majid and his friend Hassan collaborate with a group of thieves led by Ghaffar. One day, Majid enters Farid's house and takes refuge in Hayedeh's room, gradually falling for her. Abbas, who knows Majid's real parents, gives Majid an incriminating letter to deliver to Farid.
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Persian
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- Released
- 1 May 1966
- Original title
- بیست سال انتظار
- Country
- Iran
- Written by
- Ahmad Najibzadeh
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Twenty Years of Waiting runs 110 minutes (1h 50m).
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Twenty Years of Waiting isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 May 1966. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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If you liked Twenty Years of Waiting, try The Thief of Bagdad, A Thousand and One, Yalda.
Who directed Twenty Years of Waiting?
Twenty Years of Waiting (1966) was directed by Mehdi Reisfirooz and stars Shahla Riahi, Behrouz Vossoughi, Sara.