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And Life Goes On (Zendegi va digar hich) (Life, and Nothing More) (1992)

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Release Date: Apr 26, 1996 Wide

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The thin distinction between fiction and reality comes in for some blurring in this fact-based near-documentary. Learning of a major earthquake, the director of a children's movie, Where Is My Friend's Home?, is worried about two of his performers in that film. He sets out with his son to interview the survivors and learn the fate of his two acquaintances. However, he hires locals to play himself and his son and hires local earthquake survivors to play other earthquake survivors. When his

Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.

Documentary, Drama

Directed By: Abbas Kiarostami

In Theaters: Apr 26, 1996 Wide

On DVD: Sep 25, 1996

Mongrel Media

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Critic Reviews for And Life Goes On (Zendegi va digar hich) (Life, and Nothing More)

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An amazing film that never fails to hold your interest.

March 19, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

If one thing is evident, it's that Kiarostami enjoys blurring the line between real life and fiction.

May 6, 2003 Comment

Jon Popick

Planet Sick-Boy

So natural are Kiarostami's non-professional actors, that the line between fiction and non-fiction is continually blurred.

December 14, 2002 Full Review Source: Old School Reviews

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John A. Nesbit

Old School Reviews Source: Old School Reviews

The responsibility that Kiarostami feels toward truth combined with the genuine compassion that he displays toward his "characters" makes the film profoundly humanistic.

March 5, 2002 Full Review Source: MovieMartyr.com

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Jeremy Heilman

MovieMartyr.com

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A melancholy yet optimistic look at the aftermath of Iran's devastating 1990 earthquake. The acting is so naturalistic it almost lends the film a documentary air, and the director masterfully uses the fractured Iranian landscape as a silent narrator.

January 19, 2012