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Through the Olive Trees

Through the Olive Trees

19957.41h 44m

Overview

When the actor in a scene for his film Life And Nothing More… has to quit, a film director casts another man for the part. However, complications arise since the man and the woman who was cast for the scene know each other.

Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Written by Abbas Kiarostami, Hengameh Panahi
Produced by Alain Depardieu, Abbas Kiarostami
Box Office0Revenue: $40K

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Top Cast

Mohammadali Keshavarz

Mohammadali Keshavarz

Film Director

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Farhad Kheradmand

Farhad

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Zarifeh Shiva

Mrs. Shiva

H

Hossein Rezai

Hossein

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Tahereh Ladanian

Tahereh

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Hocine Redai

Hocine

Z

Zahra Nourou

Kouly's Daughter

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Nasret Betri

Achiz

A

Azim Aziz Nia

Azim

A

Astadouli Babani

Teacher

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Themes & Keywords

filmmakingfilm within a filmmetameta cinema

About Through the Olive Trees

Through the Olive Trees is a drama, romance film released in 1995 exploring themes of filmmaking, film within a film, meta, meta cinema. Directed by Abbas Kiarostami, it stars Mohammadali Keshavarz, Farhad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva. When the actor in a scene for his film Life And Nothing More… has to quit, a film director casts another man for the part. However, complications arise since the man and the woman who was cast for the scene know each other.

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