Iran,
1992, 95 min
Directed by:
Abbas KiarostamiScreenplay:
Abbas KiarostamiCinematography:
Homayun PayvarPlots(1)
In the aftermath of a 1990 earthquake that left at least thirty thousand dead, Abbas Kiarostami returned to Koker, where his camera surveys not only devastation but also the teeming life in its wake. Blending fiction and reality into a playful, poignant road movie, And Life Goes On follows a film director who, along with his son, makes the trek to the region in hopes of finding out if the young star of Where Is the Friend's Home? is among the survivors, and discovers a resilient community pressing on in the face of tragedy. Finding beauty in the bleakest of circumstances, Kiarostami crafts a quietly majestic ode to the best of the human spirit. (Criterion)
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Farhad Kheradmand
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And Life Goes On (1992)
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Buba Bayour
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Mohamed Reza Parvaneh
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And Life Goes On (1992)