Through the Olive Trees

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Through the Olive Trees is a 1994 Iranian meta-fictional drama film by Abbas Kiarostami that explores love, class, and the blurred line between cinema and reality within a film-within-a-film structure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian film
drama film
film
meta-fictional film
cinematographyBy Hossein Jafarian
countryOfOrigin Iran
criticalReception acclaimed
depicts aftermath of an earthquake
director Abbas Kiarostami
distributor MK2 Productions
editedBy Abbas Kiarostami
era 1990s world cinema
follows And Life Goes On
genre drama
meta-cinema
romantic drama
hasCharacter Hossein
linked to: حسين

Tahereh
linked to: Tahereh Ladanian
hasFilmStyle minimalist
realist
mainTheme cinema and reality
class differences
love
movement Iranian New Wave
narrativeForm film-within-a-film
notableFor blurring boundaries between fiction and reality
self-reflexive depiction of filmmaking
originalLanguage Persian
linked to: Persian language
originalTitle زیر درختان زیتون
partOf Koker Trilogy
plotFocus a stonemason-turned-actor pursuing his co-star
producedBy Ali Reza Zarrin
linked to: Ali Reza Zarrindast
productionCompany Farabi Cinema Foundation
releaseYear 1994
runningTimeMinutes 103
screenedAt 1994 Cannes Film Festival
section Cannes Film Festival Official Selection
setIn Koker region
rural northern Iran
stars Hossein Rezai
Mohammad Ali Keshavarz
Tahereh Ladanian
title Through the Olive Trees
usesTechnique long takes
non-professional actors
static camera
writer Abbas Kiarostami

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Abbas Kiarostami notableWork Through the Olive Trees
Where Is the Friend's Home? followedBy Through the Olive Trees
Life, and Nothing More... followedBy Through the Olive Trees
Through the Olive Trees title Through the Olive Trees