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And Life Goes On…
Zendegi va digar hich

Abbas Kiarostami  •   Iran • ​  1992
91 mins  •  HD  •  PG
In Farsi with English subtitles


In the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, a filmmaker and his son return to a remote village.

“A stunningly lyrical and eloquent exploration of both rural village life and the nature of artistic responsibility.”
– NY Times
DIRECTOR/WRITER: Abbas Kiarostami
PRODUCER: Ali Reza Zarrin
PHOTOGRAPHY: Homayun Payvar
EDITOR: Abbas Kiarostami, Changiz Sayad
COSTUME DESIGNER: Hassan Zahidi

WITH: Farhad Kheradmand (Film Director),  Buba Bayour (Puya), Hocine Rifahi (Hocine), Ferhendeh Feydi, Mahrem Feydi, Bahrovz Aydini, Ziya Babai, Mohamed Hocinerouhi, Hocine Khadem, Maassouma Berouana, Mohammad Reza Parvaneh, Chahrbanov Chefahi, Youssef Branki, Chahine Ayzen, Mohamed Bezdani, Benefshah Behioudi, Mohamed Hassen Pour, Ferhed Kadimi, Maha Bano Chikfouad, Kalsim Sada, Fartkiss Darabi, Leila Nourouzi, Kassil Fefa

REVIEWS

“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, And Life Goes On 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. Finding beauty in the bleakest of circumstances, Kiarostami crafts a quietly majestic ode to the best of the human spirit.”

— Janus Films

“A masterpiece.. In many ways the most beautiful and powerful Iranian film I’ve seen.” — Jonathan Rosenbaum. “Life Goes On, it should be note contains one of the most sublime endings in recent cinema, a perfect statement of the film’s truly uncontrived discovery of the will to live.”

— Auckland International Film Festival 1993
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