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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
MovementIranian New Wave
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40) Award of Best Director for Through the Olive Trees at the 8th Singapore International Film Festival 1995 · Abbas Kiarostami
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