IRAN · 1994

Through the Olive Trees

Abbas Kiarostami
Iranian New Wave filmmaking and cinema romantic tension social class differences village life in iran performance and authenticity
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When the actor in a scene for his film Life And Nothing More… has to quit, a film director casts another man for the part. However, complications arise since the man and the woman who was cast for the scene know each other.

Year1994
CountryIran
DirectorAbbas Kiarostami
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  1. 40) Award of Best Director for Through the Olive Trees at the 8th Singapore International Film Festival 1995 · Abbas Kiarostami Iran
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