Through the Olive Trees
Original title: Zire darakhatan zeyton · Turkish title: Zeytin Ağaçları Altında
1994 · 1 h 43 min
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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