Through the Olive Trees (1994)

A depiction of the off-screen relationship between the actors who play the newlyweds in the film And Life Goes On (1992).

Director:

Abbas Kiarostami

Writers:

Abbas Kiarostami, Harold Manning (french adaptation)

Stars:

Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Farhad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva

5 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mohamad Ali Keshavarz	...	Film Director
Farhad Kheradmand	...	Farhad
Zarifeh Shiva	...	Mrs. Shiva
Hossein Rezai	...	Hossein
Tahereh Ladanian	...	Tahereh
Hocine Redai	...	Hocine
Zahra Nourouzi	...	Kouly's Daughter
Nosrat Bagheri	...	Achiz (as Nasret Betri)
Azim Aziz Nia	...	Azim
Ostadvali Babaei	...	Teacher (as Astadouli Babani)
N. Boursadiki	...	Tahra
Khodabakhsh Defaei	...	teacher (as Kheda Barech Defai)
Ahmed Ahmed Poor	...	Self (as A. li Ahmed Poor)
Babek Ahmed Poor	...	Self
Mahbanou Darabi

Storyline

The movie focuses on one of the events in And Life Goes On (1992), and explores the relationship between the movie director, and the actors. The local actors play a couple who got married right after the earthquake. In reality, the actor is trying to persuade the actress that they should get married.

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Plot Keywords:

third part | olive | olive tree | rural area | asians | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

G

Did You Know?

Trivia

Selected as Iran's submission in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 1995 Oscars.

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Quotes

Hossein: Mam, I'm really sorry. I want to do everything you ask me, but I won't do masonry. I don't work in construction anymore. I came to act in your film. I will work as an actor, but not as a mason.

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Connections

Featured in The Story of Film: An Odyssey: New Boundaries: World Cinema in Africa, Asia & Latin America (2011)

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Soundtracks

Conc. C 4.Allegro Giusto
Written by Domenico Cimarosa
Performed by Heinz Holliger

User Reviews

Graceful heartfelt thanks for the empathy.

Found this film to easily engage my heart without burdening my head with too much technique. Funny, sad, the two sides of the ever encompassing cinema coin. An seemingly effortless exploration of the relationships of men and women, tradition and experience, the old and the somewhat new. And what a beautiful rhythmic last sequence, one of the best of all my moviegoing history.

Details

Official Sites:

sourehcinema

Country:

Iran France

Language:

Persian

Release Date:

25 January 1995 (France)

Also Known As:

Under the Olive Trees

Filming Locations:

Gilan, Iran

Box Office

Gross USA:

$40,300

Company Credits

Production Co:

Abbas Kiarostami Productions, CiBy 2000, Farabi Cinema Foundation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1