Through The Olive Trees- Abbas Kiarostami ❲2025❳

To truly appreciate Through the Olive Trees , one must understand its position within Kiarostami’s filmography. It forms the final chapter of a thematic trilogy rooted in the village of Koker:

: Focuses on a young boy’s quest to return his classmate's notebook.

Through the Olive Trees is streaming on The Criterion Channel and is available on Blu-ray. It is rated Not Rated (suitable for all audiences, though younger viewers may find its pace challenging). For those new to Kiarostami, it is recommended to watch Where Is the Friend's House? first, though Through the Olive Trees stands magnificently alone as a testament to the stubborn, beautiful, heartbreaking act of trying to turn life into art. Through the olive trees- Abbas Kiarostami

Kiarostami’s aesthetic choices in Through the Olive Trees are precise and deeply intentional. The Long Take and Stationary Camera

We cannot hear them. The distance is too great. We only see Hossein’s gesticulating desperation and Tahereh’s steady, walking refusal. The soundtrack is filled only with the chirping of birds and the wind—the sounds of the world continuing, indifferent to the heartbreak below. To truly appreciate Through the Olive Trees ,

(1987): A straightforward story about a boy trying to return a classmate's notebook. And Life Goes On

Through the Olive Trees is the third layer. It takes place during the production of And Life Goes On . Specifically, it shows the making of a fictional film within a film—a love scene set in the aftermath of the earthquake. The “plot” of the inner film is simple: a young man (Hossein) and his wife (Tahereh) have lost their home. They are given a new one, but the path to it requires crossing a muddy stream. The husband carries the planks to bridge the stream, and at the end, he carries his wife across. It is rated Not Rated (suitable for all

Suggest or other Iranian masters like Jafar Panahi or Asghar Farhadi .

: Within the film-within-the-film, they are cast as a newlywed couple, forcing a fictional intimacy that Hossein tries to convert into reality during every take and break. Breaking the Fourth Wall