Through the Olive Trees | Kiarostami at The Cinematheque

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THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES
(ZIR-E DARAKHTAN-E ZEYTON)
Iran 1987
Abbas Kiarostami

Kiarostami’s hall-of-mirrors playfulness hits miraculous heights in the tour-de-force third film in his Koker triptych. This multi-layered film-about-filmmaking has a (fictional) movie crew travelling to Iran’s earthquake-stricken north to shoot AND LIFE GOES ON, Kiarostami’s previous film. Hossein, a lovelorn bricklayer, lands a part in the film, and is delighted that Farkhonde, the young woman who has rejected him, will be playing his wife. As Hossein seizes the opportunity to continue pursuing Farkhonde, the ensuing complications spill over into the “fictional” film they are making. Kiarostami, as always, coaxes affecting performances from a mostly non-professional cast. His breathtaking mix of farce and formalism, his fascination with blurring lines between fact and fiction, in no way diminishes what is above all a warm and nuanced tale of thwarted courtship, and of rural peoples dealing heroically with natural disaster.

October 19 (Saturday) 6:30 pm
October 20 (Sunday) 8:20 pm
October 24 (Thursday) 8:20 pm
October 27 (Sunday) 4:00 pm

Adult $12
Student / Senior $10

Rated PG
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“And Life Goes On: The Films of Abbas Kiarostami”
The singular cinema of the Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016), one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of the past three decades, is celebrated with this near-comprehensive retrospective.
https://thecinematheque.ca/series/and-life-goes-on-the-films-of-abbas-kiarostami

WHERE IS THE FRIEND’S HOUSE?
(KHANEH-YE DOUST KOJAST?)
October 18 (Friday) 6:30 pm
October 20 (Sunday) 4:30 pm
October 21 (Monday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/where-is-the-friends-house

AND LIFE GOES ON
(ZENDEGI VA DIGAR HICH)
October 18 (Friday) 8:15 pm
October 20 (Sunday) 6:30 pm
October 24 (Thursday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/and-life-goes-on

THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES
(ZIR-E DARAKHTAN-E ZEYTON)
October 19 (Saturday) 6:30 pm
October 20 (Sunday) 8:20 pm
October 24 (Thursday) 8:20 pm
October 27 (Sunday) 4:00 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/through-the-olive-trees

CLOSE-UP (NAMA-YE NAZDIK)
October 19 (Saturday) 8:30 pm
October 23 (Wednesday) 6:30 pm
October 27 (Sunday) 8:10 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/close-up

KIAROSTAMI FOR KIDS! PROGRAM 1
October 20 (Sunday) 11:00 am
Special Ticket Price:
$6 (+ free popcorn) for kids 13 and under
$10 for everyone else!
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/kiarostami-for-kids-program-1

HOMEWORK (MASHGH-E SHAB)
October 21 (Monday) 8:10 pm
October 27 (Sunday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/homework

THE TRAVELLER (MOSAFER) +
THE BREAD AND ALLEY (NAN VA KOUTCHEH)
October 23 (Wednesday) 8:30 pm
October 28 (Monday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/the-traveller-bread-alley

KIAROSTAMI: TWO SHORT FEATURES
A WEDDING SUIT (LEBASI BARAYE ARUSI) +
CASE NO. 1, CASE NO. 2
(GHAZIEH-E SHEKL-E AVAL, GHAZIEH-E SHEKL-E DOU WOM)
October 28 (Monday) 8:15 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/kiarostami-two-short-features

TASTE OF CHERRY (TA’AM-E GILAS)
November 1 (Friday) 6:30 pm
November 2 (Saturday) 8:45 pm
November 6 (Wednesday) 8:10 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/taste-of-cherry

THE WIND WILL CARRY US (BAD MA RA KHAHAD BORD)
November 1 (Friday) 8:30 pm
November 2 (Saturday) 6:30 pm
November 3 (Sunday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/the-wind-will-carry-us

ABC AFRICA
November 3 (Sunday) 8:45 pm
November 4 (Monday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/abc-africa

FIVE DEDICATED TO OZU (PANJ)
November 4 (Monday) 8:15 pm
November 6 (Wednesday) 6:30 pm
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/five-dedicated-to-ozu