And Life Goes On

Original title: Zendegi va digar hich

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A director and his son return to a region damaged by the Guilan earthquake, hoping to find the children who appeared in his film a few years earlier.A director and his son return to a region damaged by the Guilan earthquake, hoping to find the children who appeared in his film a few years earlier.A director and his son return to a region damaged by the Guilan earthquake, hoping to find the children who appeared in his film a few years earlier.

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7.9/10

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Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

Trivia
In 1990, an earthquake devastated the area around the farming village of Koker in Iran, killing 50,000 people, including 20,000 children. Abbas Kiarostami and his 11 year old son Bahman drove to Koker to try to find the two boys who acted in his film "Where is the Friend's House." When he later told an audience in Germany about the journey, someone suggested that he turn the story into a film and he began filming a short while later.

Connections
Featured in Through the Olive Trees (1994)

Soundtracks
Concerto in F Major for Two Horns, RV 539: II. Larghetto
Written by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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Featured review

7/10

Puzzling

If I hadn't read a review or two this movie before watching, i would have been convinced this was a documentary. But it's not. It's a piece of fiction which comes across as a documentary. I am thinking of Orson Welles "War of the worlds" "After the 1990 earthquake in Iran that killed over 30,000 people, Kiarostami went to search for the stars of his previous film Where Is the Friend's Home?. This film is a semi-fictional work based on these events, shot in a documentary-style. It shows a director (played by Farhad Kheradmand) on this journey through the country in the aftermath of the earthquake." The movie puzzled me. Is the main actor a professional among amateurs? The acting (and I guess it is acting) doesn't come across as acting. My favourite moment comes in a sequence during which the lead speaks to two young girls doing their laundry in the open. That's because both of their houses have been destroyed due to the disaster. One of the girls seems more timid than the other. For a few moments there is a shy smile on her face. Is that acting? Looking forward to seeing more of this directors work.