Through the Olive Trees

★★★★★

Original title: Zire darakhatan zeyton · Turkish title: Zeytin Ağaçları Altında

1994 · 1 h 43 min

Directed by Abbas Kiarostami

Drama

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Cast

Mohamad Ali Keshavarz Hossein Rezai Tahereh Ladanian

Credits

Written by: Abbas Kiarostami

Plot

A film about the making of a film in the earthquake region.

Sinekatalog’s take

Abbas Kiarostami's film within a film follows a shy actor courting his co-star amid earthquake ruins. Gentle, humorous and moving, with a famous final long shot, it completes his Koker trilogy beautifully.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (12,243 votes)
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