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Through the Olive Trees

Through the Olive Trees

1994
Drama
1h 43m
The movie focuses on one of the events in Zendegi Edame Darad (1992), and explores the relationship between the movie director, and the actors (imdb)
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Through the Olive Trees

1994
Drama
1h 43m
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Rated 30 Sep 2007
84
81st
An incredibly fascinating web of self-reference. On one level, it's a comic look at the process of filmmaking. On another, it's about people coping with a tragic disaster. And on yet another, it's the story of a sweet courtship. And what makes it work is that none of these things are overplayed. They come together seamlessly in a cloud of cinema. As with any Kiarostami film, it's slow going and I admit there were times when it tried my patience but overall it was really worth it.
Rated 07 Jul 2010
80
91st
One of Kiarostami's best, Through the Olive Trees makes the best use of the "movie about making a movie" premise I've ever seen. Also, Kiarostami is at his best when his touch is the lightest, and here is a great example. Finally, the ending is a uniquely memorable cinematic achievement.
Rated 12 Jul 2016
99
99th
The stories of a boy searching his friend, of Kiarostami searching a boy, of man and woman, within communities equally searching, together, for hope, for safe passage, at first glance, seem different. To those living them, they are; despair, hope, love, sorrow - they speak to us in voices intimate and immediate. In reality, we partake in the same structures delivering us life, sharing paths trodden by wanderers past, as reincarnate spirits, wading and weaving through narratives of collective wri
Rated 17 Mar 2011
85
86th
Iranian Kiarostami is simply a master of composition. With his extremely long takes he plays with the audience's imagination through a very creative use of the offscreen space. The film offers a rare and truely charming view inside Iranian culture, and tells a story about love and marriage that must seem strange and hunting for most people in the western world. Definitely recommendable.
Rated 20 Nov 2011
90
83rd
It is not every day that you see a love scene shown in an extreme long shot: the final scene of this wonderful movie is both the most beautifully executed and the most romantic ending to a film I have ever seen!
Rated 30 Dec 2019
83
95th
The self referential 'meta' aspects are better executed than most films about a 'film-within-a-film', and the connections it makes to previous Kiarostami works provide new pathways for reflection and analysis. Moreover, it functions as both a consolidation of his directorial approach/style and as a criticism of it, suggesting that the medium is not really capable of capturing the true complexity and fullness of life but is nonetheless singular in its attempts to do so.
Rated 26 Jan 2020
70
56th
Hossein is the ultimate incel
Rated 01 Dec 2020
90
95th
Koş be Hüseyin, koşmayanlar utansın.
Rated 24 Apr 2021
95
99th
I consider the three films that make the ‘Koker Trilogy' as a single body of work and thus give them the same rating. Behind the scenes of ‘A Life Goes On'; Kiarostami adds a final, ingenious, layer to his epic. This time through the story of the persistent efforts of a young man (Hossein) to woo a young woman (Tahere) into marriage. Film is used as both a catalyst by Hossein to realise his union in reality with Tahereh, and also as a surrogate for a reality that might not materialise.
Rated 03 Apr 2009
87
87th
Slow but touching. If you haven't seen the two preceding films it's referencing it probably loses a bit of the impact but is still worthwhile as a unique look into how filmmaking and cultural norms mesh together in an Iranian village. If you have seen the preceding films you also get a very interesting meta narrative as well as an examination of how perception can change the meaning of an action, or in this case a movie scene.
Rated 01 Mar 2008
78
64th
# 445
Rated 14 Jun 2017
90
92nd
Accidentally watched this one first. Is there a mind that wants to examine what it means to create cinema and the use of cinema through time more than Kiarostami? Maybe Godard? Don't matter they're the two best to ever do this I'd reckon
Rated 22 Apr 2022
7
77th
Kiarostami’s warm, touching work of meta fiction takes its time but is always pleasant, occasionally enchanting, with touches of subtle humour. The final act is lovely, building to a striking ending. Another strong work from one of the most original voices of recent world cinema. He is missed.
Rated 22 Aug 2014
85
74th
Siste del i Kiarostamis trilogi som startet med Where is the Friend's House og fortsatte med And Life Goes On. Her trekker han metaaspektet lengre og vi følger regissøren av en film som omhandler et bryllup vi ser sporene av i den andre filmen. Flere av skuespillerne fra den første (som gir seg ut for å være en ren fiktiv film) og den andre filmen dukker opp, tilsynelatende som seg selv. Siste scene er helt magisk, og noen av de gjentakende motivene er svært sterke.
Rated 02 Jun 2017
6
95th
Kiarostami the GOAT
Rated 27 Feb 2007
86
96th
Kiarostami's inventiveness results in one of the best and most unusual "sequels" in cinema history.
Rated 30 Nov 2011
70
40th
#593
Rated 19 Dec 2008
73
46th
534
Rated 14 Jan 2014
74
48th
For any other budding film-makers out there, this is an essential "film about film-making" film to see -- it just comes across as so unique and delightful. The problem is the character of Hossein and his tedious and uncharismatic romantic pursuit, which didn't strike me as spectacular.
Rated 09 Oct 2013
80
64th
79.500
Rated 15 Jan 2010
73
46th
545
Rated 02 Sep 2016
88
96th
Third film in Kiarostami's Koker trilogy and another testament that he can create a masterwork out of a road, a bunch of trees, and a small community of kids and adults. There are negative comments on the slow pace but to speed things up here as well as in some other Kiarostami's films is to trivialize the human experience he's portraying. That's why the almost 4-minute shot at the end is so unique.
Rated 21 Oct 2007
0
8th
One of the most boring and pointless films ever produced
Rated 25 Mar 2011
20
21st
Lifeless, stolid and pretentious. Nicely framed, though.
Rated 31 Oct 2019
99
99th
A masterpiece. The self-referential elements, along with the blurred lines between fact and fiction, are typically Kiarostami. What works here so brilliantly in this framework is the comic, lighter tone of the piece, along with the formally rigorous and emotionally urgent second half of the film. This builds to a climax that strikes me as just about perfect.
Rated 27 Dec 2019
82
80th
One of the best final shots there is. Kiarostami nails the meta-making-a-movie plot while incorporating a believable romance. A fitting conclusion to his masterful trilogy.
Rated 12 Sep 2020
80
78th
I enjoyed this the least of the trilogy as I watched it and part 2 back-to-back, and the repetition was starting to lose its appeal. It's like Day for Night; it shows the behind-the-scenes drama from filming the second movie. Still beautiful and haunting, even though it has fewer zig-zag roads than the others.
Rated 19 Jun 2021
65
24th
Yönetmenin oyuncu arayışını ve filmi çekiş öyküsünü anlatıyor. Koker üçlemesinin son filmiymiş. Mubi'de ikincisi olmadığı için izledim ama ikinciyi izlemeden izlemek biraz yordu. Deprem sonrası Koker köyünde gelen Film ekibi, oyuncu kadrosuna Hüseyin ve Tahire'yi seçmiştir. Hüseyin dik kafalı ve tahsil görmemiş bir genç olarak eğitim görmüş fakat ailesini depremde kaybetmiş Tahire ile evlenmek istemektedir fakat Tahire'den bir yanıt alamamaktadır.
Rated 24 Jun 2021
90
97th
que filme bonito
Rated 14 Sep 2021
82
82nd
Filmde müzik kullanımı şahikalarından o muhteşem final sahnesi.
Rated 17 Nov 2021
98
89th
hayatın tam dibinden ve noluyoruz la film bitti mi kalkıp gidelim mi sorusunu sorduran abbas reyis filmi. islamic ismet özel sevenler derneği tayfasının filmin tüm karelerini yutuba 2. sınıf siirler icin arkaplan yapma sansı da veriyor ayrıca bu film. ortaya kadar dağınık olsa da hikaye tertemiz toplanıp bitmiş. Housein'in oyuncluğu da harbi temizdi. mekanın cennet olsun agha abbas.
Rated 21 Nov 2022
89
88th
O ne güzel finaldi be Abbas usta. Çiçek olduk çiçek :)
Rated 11 Jun 2023
73
35th
Appreciate the composition and I normally love Kiarostami's works and style, but this movie was too slow for me. I struggled to connect with the story. Hussain was not a charismatic character to carry the story as it deserved.
Rated 03 Jul 2023
65
29th
I loved Where is the Friend's House, but the more meta second and third offerings in the Koker trilogy have a lot less to offer for me. It's not bad, but I just don't totally get it. The final shot is excellent, though, and it's a beautiful movie.

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