Through the Olive Trees 1993

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In one of the villages around Rudbar, a young builder guy proposes a girl. As the guy possesses no house of himself, he is rejected by the girl’s family. Coincidentally, at the same night of the proposal, an earthquake happens, which destroys the people’s houses entirely. Despite this traumatic occurrence, the offended guy is happy because the whole villagers are homeless now, just like him. Consequently, after seven days are passed, he proposes the girl again…

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Parastoo Abbasi Parastoo Abbasi
Babak Ahmadpour Babak Ahmadpour
Ahmad Ahmadpour Ahmad Ahmadpour
Nosrat Bagheri Nosrat Bagheri
Mahbanou Darabi Mahbanou Darabi
Khodabakhsh Defaei Khodabakhsh Defaei
Hossein Jafarian Hossein Jafarian
Mohammadali Keshavarz Mohammadali Keshavarz
Farhad Kheradmand Farhad Kheradmand
Tahereh Ladanian Tahereh Ladanian
Yadollah Najafi Yadollah Najafi
Zahra Norouzi Zahra Norouzi
Jafar Panahi Jafar Panahi
Najibeh Poursadeghi Najibeh Poursadeghi
Hossein Rezaei Hossein Rezaei
Mahmoud Samak Bashi Mahmoud Samak Bashi
Zarifeh Shiva Zarifeh Shiva
Persian Title:

زیر درختان زیتون

Persian Title in English:

Zire Derakhtane Zeitun

Director(s):

Abbas Kiarostami,

Writer(s):

Cast:

Parastoo Abbasi, Ahmad Ahmadpour, Babak Ahmadpour, Nosrat Bagheri, Mahbanou Darabi,

Genres:

Drama,

Related Date:

1993

Run Time:

1h43'

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