Iran / France,
1994, 103 min
Directed by:
Abbas KiarostamiScreenplay:
Abbas KiarostamiCast:
Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Farhad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva, Hossein Rezai, Tahereh Ladanian, Kheda Barech Defai, Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed PoorPlots(1)
Abbas Kiarostami takes meta-narrative gamesmanship to masterful new heights in the final installment of The Koker Trilogy. Unfolding “behind the scenes” of And Life Goes On, this film traces the complications that arise when the romantic misfortune of one of the actors—a young man who pines for the woman cast as his wife, even though, in real life, she will have nothing to do with him—creates turmoil on set and leaves the hapless director caught in the middle. An ineffably lovely, gentle human comedy steeped in the folkways of Iranian village life, Through the Olive Trees peels away layer after layer of artifice as it investigates the elusive, alchemical relationship between cinema and reality. (Criterion)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Independent Spirit Awards
- 1996 - Abbas Kiarostami (Best International Film)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1995 - Best Foreign Language Film
Cannes Film Festival
- 1994 - Abbas Kiarostami (Golden Palm - Official Competition)