
Through the Olive Trees
Taste attributes: dramaslowheavyemotive & stirringcomplex relationship
Boxlist takeExpect a slow-burning, heavy drama, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Taste details
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
7.4 /10
TMDB · 93 votes
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What lines up
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
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Synopsis
The film focuses on one of the events in "Life, and Nothing More..." (1992), and explores the relationship between the film director, and the actors. The local actors play a couple who got married right after the earthquake. In reality, the actor is trying to persuade the actress that they should get married.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 1994
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Abbas Kiarostami Productions
- Taste scores
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