Through The Olive Trees- Abbas Kiarostami [extra Quality] Page

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.

The film tells the story of a young man, Hossain (played by Beshroti), who wants to marry a young woman, Tahereh (played by Pirooz Karkhaneh). However, their social differences and the fact that Tahereh is already engaged to someone else complicate their love. Through the olive trees- Abbas Kiarostami

There is a specific kind of magic that Abbas Kiarostami mastered—a magic not of special effects or melodramatic twists, but of the space between the camera and the truth. Nowhere is this more potent than in the final minutes of Through the Olive Trees . On its surface, the plot is deceptively slight