Through the Olive Trees
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Through the Olive Trees is a 1994 Iranian meta-fictional drama film by Abbas Kiarostami that explores love, class, and the blurred line between cinema and reality within a film-within-a-film structure.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iranian film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ meta-fictional film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Hossein Jafarian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| depicts | aftermath of an earthquake ⓘ |
| director | Abbas Kiarostami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | MK2 Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Abbas Kiarostami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1990s world cinema ⓘ |
| follows | And Life Goes On NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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meta-cinema ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Hossein
NERFINISHED
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Tahereh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFilmStyle |
minimalist
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realist ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
cinema and reality
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class differences ⓘ love ⓘ |
| movement | Iranian New Wave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | film-within-a-film ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blurring boundaries between fiction and reality
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self-reflexive depiction of filmmaking ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitle | زیر درختان زیتون NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Koker Trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotFocus | a stonemason-turned-actor pursuing his co-star ⓘ |
| producedBy | Ali Reza Zarrin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Farabi Cinema Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 103 ⓘ |
| screenedAt | 1994 Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| section | Cannes Film Festival Official Selection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Koker region
NERFINISHED
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rural northern Iran ⓘ |
| stars |
Hossein Rezai
NERFINISHED
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Mohammad Ali Keshavarz NERFINISHED ⓘ Tahereh Ladanian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Through the Olive Trees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
long takes
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non-professional actors ⓘ static camera ⓘ |
| writer | Abbas Kiarostami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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