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Through the Olive Trees ends by suggesting that the only place love might exist is in the frame, in the act of looking. The real Hossein might go home alone that night. But the filmed Hossein, the one who exists for eternity through Kiarostami’s lens, might have finally won the girl.
The humor and tension of the film arise from the friction between these layers. Tahereh stubbornly refuses to speak to Hossein when the camera stops rolling. When the script forces her to address him as her husband, her silences and hesitant deliveries drive the fictional director to frustration. The Philosophy of Non-Professional Actors Through the olive trees- Abbas Kiarostami
đź“˝ Through the Olive Trees (Abbas Kiarostami ; 1994) - Facebook Through the Olive Trees ends by suggesting that
The Meta-Cinematic Poetry of Abbas Kiarostami’s Through the Olive Trees The humor and tension of the film arise
Then, one dot turned around. It was Hossein. He didn't just walk back; he ran. He leaped. He skipped through the field with the wild, unrestrained joy of a man who had finally been given hope.
A young, illiterate mason who plays the groom in the film.
Kiarostami uses the stubborn courtship to dissect rigid Iranian social structures. Tahereh’s conservative grandmother rejects Hossein because he lacks a house and an education.
