Through the Olive Trees

GRADE:  7.5

A depiction of the off-screen relationship between the actors who play the newlyweds in the film And Life Goes On (1992).

Original Title: Zire darakhatan zeyton
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Country of Origin: Iran | France

Thoughts:

I made the mistake of watching this knowing nothing about it, and I spent the bulk of the viewing wondering if there was something I just wasn’t getting. There was. The film is a behind-the-scenes look at an earlier film made by Kiarostami, which I haven’t said yet. The experience was pleasant enough, but I’ll have save any further thoughts until after I see the former film, as I’m sure that will lend this movie with an extra depth that was lacking for me.