(1992): A fictionalized director searches for the child actors from the first film after the earthquake. Through the Olive Trees

He catches her at the edge of the olive grove. They stand close together. The camera is too far away to hear them; the sound design is just wind and the rustle of trees. We see Hossein gesturing towards the valley, towards the tents, towards life. Tahereh stands rigid.

💡 Through the Olive Trees is the ultimate tribute to the persistence of the human spirit. Kiarostami shows us that even in the face of natural disasters and strict social divides, human connection and hope will always find a way to bloom.

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?