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Summary:

Abbas Kiarostami takes metanarrative gamesmanship to masterful new heights in the final installment of The Koker Trilogy. Unfolding 'behind the scenes' of And Life Goes On, this film traces the complications that arise when the romantic misfortune of one of the actors - a young man who pines for the woman cast as his wife, even though, in real life, she will have nothing to do with him - creates turmoil on set and leaves the hapless director caught in the middle. An ineffably lovely, gentle human comedy steeped in the folkways of Iranian village life, Through the Olive Trees peels away layer after layer of artifice as it investigates the elusive, alchemical relationship between cinema and reality.

Contributors:

Kiarostami, Abbas , screenwriter, film producer, film director, editor of moving image work

Depardieu, Alain, 1945- , film producer

Kishāvarz, Muḥammad , actor

Kheradmand, Farid , actor

Jafarian, Hossain , director of photography

Ṣabā, Farhād (Cinematographer) , director of photography

Rahimian, Amir Farshid , composer

Rosas, Chema , composer

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

Persian
English

Language Notes:

DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital mono.

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 992

Koker trilogy; [volume] 3

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: Through the olive trees

Subjects:

Newlyweds — Iran — Drama

Man-woman relationships — Drama

Motion picture producers and directors — Drama

Motion picture actors and actresses — Drama

Newlyweds

Motion picture producers and directors

Man-woman relationships

Motion picture actors and actresses

Iran

Genres:

Motion pictures

Drama

Feature films

Fiction films

Romance films

Melodramas (Motion pictures)

System Details:

Persian dialogue with optional English subtitles.

Performers:

Cast: Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, Farhad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva, Hossein Rezai, Tahereh Ladanian, Hocine Redai, Mahbanou Darabi, Babak Ahmadpour, Ahmad Ahmadpour.

Production Credits:

Edited by Abbas Kiarostami ; director of photography, Hossein Jafarian ; Farhad Saba ; music, Amir Farshid Rahimian, Chema Rosas.

General Notes:

Title from disc label.
Released as part of the Koker trilogy : three films by Abbas Kiarostami.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1994.
Widescreen.
Special features: New 2K digital restoration; New interview with Kiarostami's son Ahmad Kiarostami; New conversation between scholar Jamsheed Akrami and critic Godfrey Cheshire; new English subtitle translation; An essay by Cheshire (in booklet).

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 103 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; Dolby Digital; sound

Film Characteristics:

wide screen

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

THR 1994 DVD

ISBNs:

9781681436289 (box set)
1681436280 (box set)

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515233712 (box set) [Invalid]
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3046D (box set)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3064D-3 (disc)

OCLC Numbers:

1121321607