Through the Olive Trees (1994)
- Original title
- زیر درختان زیتون
- Directed by
- Abbas Kiarostami
- Genre
- drama film, comedy drama
- Country
- Iran, France
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rated
- TP
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 208 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A film crew shoots a movie in a village in northern Iran that was damaged by an earthquake. The story focuses on the real life romance between two locals who are cast as a married couple.
contemplativegentlenaturalisticbittersweetquietmeditativetenderslow-paced
What happens
Through the Olive Trees (Persian: زیر درختان زیتون, romanized: Zīr-e Derakhtān-e Zeytūn, lit. 'under the olive trees') is a 1994 Iranian drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. The final part of Kiarostami's Koker trilogy, the plot, set in earthquake-ravaged Northern Iran, revolves around the production of the second film, And Life Goes On, which itself was a revisitation of the first film, Where Is the Friend's House?. Like much of Kiarostami's work, Through the Olive Trees is filmed in a naturalistic way; a complex study of the link between art and life, its narrative often blurs the boundaries between fiction and reality. The film was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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