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And Life goes on

Iran
1991, 95min.

Script/Dir. Abbas Kiarostami, Dir of Phot.: Homayun Payvar, Edit.: Abbas Kiarostami, Changiz Sayad, Prod.: Ali Reza Zarrin.
Cast: Farhad Kheradmand, Buba Bayour, Hocine Rifahi, Ferhendeh Feydi, Mahrem Feydi, Bahrovz Aydini, Ziya Babai, Mohamed Hocinerouhi, Hocine Khadem, Maassouma Berouana, Mohamed Reda Berouana, Chahrbanov Chefahi..

This is the second film in Kiarostami’s trilogy. In the first one (Where Is My Friend’s Home), a young lad searches for his classmate’s home to return his notebook and save him from his teacher’s wrath. In this work, which creates the illusion of a documentary, the director attempts to find the two boys after the devastating earthquake of 1990. The quest is interesting, and is interrupted by some philosophical and humorous interludes.

Kiarostami, Abbas

Abbas Kiarostami (born 1940, Teheran)
From 1960 to 1968 he started his cinematographic career designing credits and directing advertisements. With a friend in 1969, Kiarostami founded the Cinematographic Department of the Institute for Children and Young Adults Intellectual Development (Kanoon) that, in the course of the years, has produced a relevant number of high quality Iranian movies, by directors such as: A. Naderi, B. Beyzai, D.Mehrjui, E. Forozesh, J. Panahi, Sobrah Sh. Saless...
By 1970 Abbas Kiarostami directs numerous short films and then features. He prefers to work with non-actors in natural surroundings. At the end of the 1980s Kiarostami obtains well-deserved international recognition. In 1989 he won the Bronze Pardo at Locarno Festival; in 1992 he won the Rossellini Prize at Cannes for his career; in 1997 The Taste of Cherries obtained the Golden Palme at the Cannes Film Festival; The Wind Will Take Us Away won the Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Mostra in 1999. On the 13th of November, 1997 UNESCO bestowed upon him the “Fellini” medal.

Filmography
Bread and Alley (1970), The Break time (1972), The Experiment (1973), The Traveler (1974), So Can I (1975), Two Solutions for a Single Problem (1975), The Colors (1976), Wedding Suit (1976), The Report (1977) Tribute to Teachers (1977), How to Make Use of Our Free Time (1977), Solution No. 1 (1978), First Incident, Second Incident (1979), Oral Hygiene (1980), Regularly or Irregularly (1981), The Chorus (1982), Fellow Citizen (1983), Toothache (1983) First Graders (1984), The Key (1987) Homework (1989) The Journey (1994) Through the Olive Trees (1994), Taste of Cherry (1997), Willow and Wind (1999), Crimson Gold (2003), Five Dedicated to Ozu (2003).