Through the Olive Trees [SEP] narrative location
Through the Olive Trees
Through the Olive Trees ( "Zīr-e Derakhtān-e Zeytūn", actually meaning "Under the Olive Trees") is a 1994 film directed and written by Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, set in earthquake-ravaged Northern Iran. The film was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
It is the final part of Kiarostami's Koker trilogy, and the plot revolves around the production of the second
film; "And Life Goes On...", which itself was a revisitation of the first film - "Where Is the Friend's Home?". Like much of Kiarostami's work, "Through the Olive Trees" is filmed in a naturalistic way; a complex study of the link between art and life, its narrative often blurs the boundaries between fiction and reality. Many have since declared the film a masterpiece.
Plot.
Hossein Rezai plays a local stonemason-turned-actor. Outside the set of