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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Through the Olive Trees canonical 4

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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 ⓘ