Through the Olive Trees

Through the Olive Trees
زیر درختان زیتون
Directed by	Abbas Kiarostami
Written by	Abbas Kiarostami
Produced by	Abbas Kiarostami Alain Depardieu
Starring	Hossein Rezai Farhad Kheradmand Mohamad Ali Keshavarz
Cinematography	Hossein Jafarian Farhad Saba
Edited by	Abbas Kiarostami
Music by	Amir Farshid Rahimian Chema Rosas
Production companies	Abbas Kiarostami Productions CiBy 2000 Farabi Cinema Foundation
Distributed by	Miramax
Release dates	1 February 1994 (1994-02-01) (Fajr) 17 May 1994 (1994-05-17) (Cannes)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian
Box office	$40,300

Through the Olive Trees (Persian: زیر درختان زیتون, romanized: Zīr-e Derakhtān-e Zeytūn, lit. 'under the olive trees') is a 1994 Iranian drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. The final part of Kiarostami's Koker trilogy, the plot, set in earthquake-ravaged Northern Iran, revolves around the production of the second film, And Life Goes On, which itself was a revisitation of the first film, Where Is the Friend's House?.

Like much of Kiarostami's work, Through the Olive Trees is filmed in a naturalistic way; a complex study of the link between art and life, its narrative often blurs the boundaries between fiction and reality. The film was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[1] Many have since declared the film a masterpiece.^{[according to whom?]}