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The Koker trilogy, three films by Abbas Kiarostami

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The Koker trilogy

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three films by Abbas Kiarostami

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The Criterion collection, 990-992

"Where is the friend's house?":, A boy searches for the home of his classmate, whose school notebook he has accidentally taken--and transforms it into a miraculous child's-eye adventure of the everyday"And life goes on":, In the aftermath of the 1990 earthquake in Iran that left fifty 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, the film follows a film director who, along with his son, makes the trek to the region in hopes of finding out if the young boys who acted in "Where is the friend's house?" are among the survivors, and discovers a resilient community pressing on in the face of tragedy"Through the olive trees":, A depiction of the off-screen relationship between the actors who play the newlyweds in the film "And life goes on." Unfolding behind the scenes, this film traces the complications that arise when the romantic misfortune of one of the actors--a young man who pines for the woman cast as his wife, even though, in real life, she will have nothing to do with him--creates turmoil on set and leaves the hapless director caught in the middle

880-04, Disc 1. Khānah-i dūst kujāst / Kānūn-i Parvarish-i Fikrī-i Kūdakān va Nawjavānān namāyish miʹdahad ; fīlmnāmah, ʻAbbās Kiyārustamī ; tahiyah kunandah, ʻAlīriz̤ā Zarrīn ; kārgardān, ʻAbbās Kiyārustamī -- Disc 2. Zindigī, va dīgar hīch / Umūr-i Sīnimāʼī-i Kānūn-i Parvarish-i Fikrī-i Kūdakān va Nawjavānān namāyish miʹdahad ; fīlmī az ʻAbbās Kiyārustamī ; tahiyah kunandah, ʻAlīriz̤ā Zarrīn ; nivīsandah va kārgardān, ʻAbbās Kiyārustamī -- Disc 3. Zīr-i darakhatān zaytūn / fīlmī az ʻAbbās Kiyārustamī ; fīlmnāmah, tarvīj, tahiyah kunandah va kārgardān, ʻAbbās Kiyārustamī[Disc 1]. Khānah-i dūst kujāst = Where is the friend's house? / Janus Films ; The Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children presents ; screenplay by Abbas Kiarostami ; produced by Ali Reza Zarrin ; directed by Abbas Kiarostami (83 min.) -- [Disc 2]. "Zindigī va dīgar hīch"... = And life goes on / Janus Films ; The Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children presents ; a film by Abbas Kiarostami ; produced by Ali Reza Zarrin ; written and directed by Abbas Kiarostami (95 min.) -- [Disc 3]. Zīr darakhatān zaytūn = Through the olive trees / Janus Films ; MK2, CiBy Distribution [present] ; a film by Abbas Kiarostami ; written, produced, directed, and edited by Abbas Kiarostami ; [producer, Alain Depardieu] (103 min.)Special features (disc 1): "Homework" (1989) / a feature-length documentary by Abbas Kiarostami, newly restored -- Conversation from 2015 between Abbas Kiarostami and programmer Peter ScarletSpecial features (disc 2): New audio commentary on "And life goes on" featuring Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa and Jonathan Rosenbaum, coauthors of "Abbas Kiarostami" -- "Abbas Kiarostami: truths and dreams" : a 1994 documentary -- New interview with scholar Hamid NaficySpecial features (disc 3): New interview with Kiarostami's son Ahmad Kiarostami -- New conversation between scholar Jamsheed Akrami and critic Godfrey Cheshire

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Khānah-i dūst kujāstKhane-ye doust kodjast?Zindigī, va dīgar hīchZendegi va digar hichZīr-i darakhatān zaytūnZire darakhatan zeyton