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Abbas Kiarostami's Through the Olive Trees a masterful work of meta-cinema that concludes the acclaimed Koker Trilogy

The Longest Zoom: The Final Shot

The final seven minutes of Through the Olive Trees are arguably the most perfect sequence in Kiarostami’s career. After production wraps, Hossein is told that Tahereh has left the set and is walking home, carrying a heavy bag of plaster. Through the olive trees- Abbas Kiarostami

In that silent chase, Kiarostami captures the entirety of human longing. We are left in agonizing suspense: Will she stop? Is this real? Is this still the movie? Abbas Kiarostami's Through the Olive Trees a masterful

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The Eternal Recursion of Love and Rubble: Unpacking Abbas Kiarostami’s Through the Olive Trees

In the annals of cinema, there are films that tell stories, and then there are films that question the very nature of storytelling. Abbas Kiarostami’s 1994 masterpiece, Through the Olive Trees (Persian: Zire darakhatan zeyton), belongs fiercely to the latter category. On its surface, it is a deceptively simple tale: a humble, lovesick actor named Hossein pursues the illiterate, taciturn girl Tahereh through the earthquake-ravaged landscapes of Northern Iran, hoping to convince her to marry him. But to reduce the film to its plot is to miss the philosophical earthquake rumbling beneath every frame. We are left in agonizing suspense: Will she stop

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