Through The Olive Trees- Abbas Kiarostami (4K – 360p)

On its surface, the plot is deceptively slight. In the earthquake-ravaged landscape of Northern Iran, a film crew (the same one from And Life Goes On... ) is shooting a scene. A young, poor bricklayer named Hossein is cast opposite a young, literate woman named Tahereh. The problem? Hossein is desperately in love with Tahereh in real life, while she refuses to even acknowledge his existence, believing him to be beneath her social standing. Between takes, Hossein follows her, pleading his case in a relentless, circular, almost comical monologue.

: A meta-narrative that takes place "behind the scenes" of a single scene from And Life Goes On 2. Plot Summary Through the olive trees- Abbas Kiarostami

Abbas Kiarostami’s Through the Olive Trees is a film that builds a universe out of a single, simple question: What does it mean to say the wrong thing to someone over and over again? On its surface, the plot is deceptively slight

The plot of Through the Olive Trees is deceptively simple. In the aftermath of the devastating 1990 Rudbar earthquake in northern Iran, a film crew is shooting a movie. That movie, we gradually realize, is And Life Goes On… — the second film in the trilogy. The “director” (played by Kiarostami’s frequent collaborator, Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, though the character remains unnamed) is casting local non-professionals. A young, poor bricklayer named Hossein is cast