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Abbas KiarostamiScreenplay:
Abbas KiarostamiCast:
Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Farhad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva, Hossein Rezai, Tahereh Ladanian, Kheda Barech Defai, Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed PoorVOD (1)
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Abbas Kiarostami takes meta-narrative 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. (Criterion)
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Everyone should get a second chance, and even though Abbas Kiarostami's film And Life Goes On definitely didn't do it for me, and I also clearly defined the risks that his work entails, I still decided to take a risk given the cycle of Iranian movies that were running on TV. I didn't expect much, but Kiarostami surprised me with his minimalism. To trim cinematography like this requires a special kind of artist. For me, as a fan of genre films, Kiarostami is inedible. I won't send his movie, which is intended for a completely different category of viewers, to the fiery hells, but giving it only one star and an overall impression of 25% clearly indicates my maximum distance away from it.
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The style of Iranian cinema is quite interesting, especially in the case of director Abbas Kiarostami, who shows that a film, documentary, as well as a feature film, can be approached in an incredibly unique way. A similar approach can be found in many of his films. And it works. It's unique, but it doesn't necessarily have to capture your heart.
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