Through the Olive Trees
1994, Drama/Comedy, 1h 48m
13 Reviews 1,000+ RatingsYou might also like
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Cast & Crew
Hossein
Tahereh
Film Director
Mrs. Shiva
Farhad
Director
Critic Reviews for Through the Olive Trees
All Critics (13) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (2)
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November 13, 2001 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review… -
The treatment of social difference and the weight of longstanding traditions, the careful but unequivocal protest against the conditions of life, the simplicity of the narrative and dialogue, the clarity of the acting ...
February 16, 2021 | Full Review… -
Kiarostami manages to insert some compelling subtexts in Through the Olive Trees, which has more of a driving force then And Life Goes On.
August 11, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
I'm impressed when it divides the line between reality and fiction to narrate a love story and, at the same time, map a study on the socioeconomic condition and customs of the most disadvantaged rural classes. [Full review in Spanish]
July 21, 2020 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review… -
On a purely intellectual level, it is fascinating film in relation to the others in the trilogy, but viewed on its own, it doesn't have much to offer.
October 10, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review… -
Warm, humane, and wryly funny, a bemused reverie on love and romance in an ever-evolving Iran.
October 5, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Through the Olive Trees
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Apr 11, 2017Kiarostami continues to prove us that he is a genius in the way he interweaves reality and fiction, and even if this third Koker film may feel a bit redundant when placed side-by-side with the other two, there is something absolutely unique about what he is trying to do here.Carlos M Super Reviewer
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Jun 27, 2014The master's meta-film technique has just been perfected, culminating in arguably the best installment of the "Koker Trilogy", and despite that the levels of reality and meta-reality can be officially defined, their interconnected coexistence has become now even more mind-puzzling and allow for several interpretations. Still, the message remains the same: the degree of interchangeableness between cinematic reality and this thing we called "life" goes beyond our scope of things: + <b>Level 1: <i>Where is the Friend's Home?</i>.-</b> "Follow your characters", dictates Kiarostami's celluloid philosophy. + <b>Level 2: <i>And Life Goes On...</i>.-</b> Reality and fiction have a passionate affair in a metafilm context; Kiarostami's trademark visual style is born. + <b>Level 3: <i>Through the Olive Trees</i>.-</b> A masterfully directed humanist drama; the finished film that we see. This movie nudes the actual fiction of the meta-reality of the meta-reality that created a fiction in 1987. + <b>Level 4: Mohamad Ali Keshavarz.-</b>The introduction leaves clear that Mohamad Ali Keshavarz is playing the director of this film. For the very first time, we are introduced with some factual piece of information about what really <b>is</b>: "What you're about to see is ALSO a film!" What a way to open! + <b>Level 5: And yet, everything is a film.-</b> We do know who is behind the camera, orchestrating a trilogy of metafilmic interconnections trying to reflect on the beauty of life and how both coexist in a realm that we can and simultaneously cannot perceive with the senses. Kiarostami is the true master, performing an "inception" in our perceptions. According to Level 2, Level 1 had been directed by Farhadi. Level 3 fictionalizes the n- longer-meta-reality of Level 2. So, according to Level 3, who really directed Level 1? Farhadi, who is seen as a hired actor in Level 3, or Kiarostami? Kill some neurons while you're at it. Cinema is an art form that imitates life, but art has reflected our conditions, affairs, traits, tendencies, romances (this film's main case), families and tragedies so well, that we tend to imitate cinema as well. We imitate the imitator by excellence: cinema. What a paradox!! Our imitator is the best imitator of the authentic thing (life); we will never match its imitation! Or will we? Perhaps embarking into several layers of imitation and depiction of fictional and factual realities will, somehow, bring us back to the authentic thing, therefore coming back to life. For the record, this has one of the best endings in Iranian cinema. 97/100Edgar C Super Reviewer
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May 02, 2013my least favorite of the trilogy is still great. the various layers, in jokes and reference to the previous films have become staggering by this time so don't approach without preparation (watching the other two films in the series)Stella D Super Reviewer
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Sep 02, 2008Expressive and staggeringly touching.The process of film-making and the various interactions by the members/crew,job and personal issues altogether.A brilliant finale,worthwhile as one of 90's magnificent finales.Dimitris S Super Reviewer
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