Through the Olive Trees
When the actor in a scene for his film Life And Nothing More… has to quit, a film director casts another man for the part. However, complications arise since the man and the woman who was cast for the scene know each other.
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Part of Koker Trilogy
3 films
Cast
19 people
Mohammadali Keshavarz
Film Director
Also in
Chess of the Wind
My Uncle Napoleon
Farhad Kheradmand
Farhad
Zarifeh Shiva
Mrs. Shiva
No other roles listed
Hossein Rezai
Hossein
Also in
Bank Robber
Tahereh Ladanian
Tahereh
Mahbanou Darabi
Madar Bozorg
No other roles listed
Ahmed Ahmadpour
Ahmed Ahmadpour
Also in
Tree of Life
Babek Ahmadpour
Babek Ahmadpour
Also in
Tree of Life
Astadouli Babani
Teacher
No other roles listed
Nasret Betri
Achiz
No other roles listed
N. Boursadiki
Tahra
No other roles listed
Khodabakhsh Defai
Teacher
Abbas Kiarostami Director · Hengameh Panahi Writer Hossein Jafarian Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $40K · United States release February 10, 1995 · Produced in Iran, France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$40,300
Production
CiBy 2000
Production
Kiarostami Foundation
Production
Farabi Cinema
Production
Abbas Kiarostami Productions
Production
Farabi Cinema Foundation
Production
Iran · France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
زیر درختان زیتون
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
Persian
Release dates
Iran · February 1, 1994
Premiere · Fajr International Film Festival
United States · February 10, 1995
Theatrical · Los Angeles, California
United States
September 25, 1994 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
October 1, 1994 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
February 17, 1995 · Theatrical · New York City, New York
July 26, 2019 · Limited theatrical · IFC Center (2K restoration)
August 24, 2019 · Limited theatrical · Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (Digitally Restored Version)
September 28, 2019 · Theatrical · Grand Illusion, Seattle, Washington
Brazil
October 1, 1994 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
October 1, 2004 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
September 16, 2026 · Limited theatrical · IMS Paulista ("Abbas Kiarostami em Retrospectiva" - 2K Restoration)
Canada
August 1, 1994 · Premiere · Montréal International Film Festival
September 1, 1994 · Premiere · Vancouver International Film Festival
September 15, 1994 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Finland
June 14, 2007 · Premiere · Midnight Sun Film Festival
France
May 17, 1994 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
November 1, 1994 · Premiere · Nantes Festival of 3 Continents
January 25, 1995 · Theatrical
March 7, 2007 · Physical · DVD
April 29, 2016 · Digital · VOD
May 26, 2021 · Limited theatrical · Centre Pompidou (Restored Version)
June 2, 2021 · Theatrical · Re-release
Greece
November 1, 1994 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
November 21, 2004 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
India
November 1, 1995 · Premiere · Goa International Film Festival of India
October 27, 2001 · Premiere · Mumbai Film Festival
Lithuania
March 23, 2017 · Premiere · Kino Pavasaris - Vilnius Film Festival
Netherlands
March 16, 1995 · Theatrical · Amsterdam
Portugal
March 24, 1995 · Theatrical
Serbia
January 11, 2011 · Premiere · Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival
South Korea
August 23, 1997 · Theatrical
Spain
October 21, 1994 · Premiere · Valladolid International Film Festival
December 2, 1994 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 1, 1994 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
February 4, 1995 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
February 17, 1995 · Theatrical
Switzerland
August 6, 1994 · Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
Uruguay
April 1, 1996 · Premiere · Festival Internacional de Cine del Uruguay
April 24, 2001 · Theatrical
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