Abbas Kiarostami
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Filmography
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1974 Traveler
1977 The Report
1984 First-graders
1987 Where Is My Friend's Home?
1989 Homework
1990 Close-up
1992 And Life Goes On...
1994 Through the Olive Trees
1997 Taste of Cherry
1999 the Wind Will Carry Us
2001 ABC Africa
2002 Ten
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He was born in Tehran in 1940.
He studied fine arts at Tehran University and, in 1969, he co-founded the Film Department of the Institute of Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults.
One of the most celebrated Iranian directors, he has made many feature films which have won international awards.
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ABBAS KIAROSTAMI:
Realism and Poetics
UNDER THE OLIVE TREES / Zir-e derakhtan-e zeytun
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| Direction: |
Abbas Kiarostami |
| Screenplay: |
Abbas Kiarostami |
| Cinematography: |
Hosein Jafarian, Fahrad Saba |
| Editing: |
Abbas Kiarostami |
| Sound: |
Mahmud Samakbashi, Yadollah Najafi, Hossein Moradi |
| Music: |
Amir Farshid Rahiman, Domenico Cimarosa |
| Cast: |
Hossein Rezai, Taherè Ladanian, Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, Fahrad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva, Mahbanu Darabi, Babak Ahmandpur, Ahmad Ahmandpur |
| Producer: |
Abbas Kiarostami |
| Production: |
Abbas Kiarostami, Ciby 2000 |
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35mm
Colour 94'
Iran 1994 |
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SUMMARY
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While shooting the film, the director is confronted with a personal story between two of his actors: Tahereh refuses to speak to Hossein, who, in the past, had asked her to marry him but her parents had refused. Despite falling behind in the shooting schedule, the director insists on going on with the two, thus creating the opportunity for them to speak again. Hossein tries in vain to get Tahereh to say yes, however he is certain that she wants him too. When the clouds ruin the lighting and the shoot, the two young people will find themselves alone for the first time, in the olive groves... A deeply humane film, whose final shot, many feel, changed the history of cinema.
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