Kiarostami's cinéma, is very humane, his movies are gentle, raw and compassionate Outlook into the psych of humans, therefore kiarostami's is the king of protraying the essence of our emotions and what makes us humans on a surgically precise and honest level. And through the olive trees is the perfect example, always following his documentary/fiction signature he directs a movie about a guy in love trying to defy his condition, the refusal of he surroundings and convince the subject of his affection while directing a movie inside a movie, where he as a director perfectly played by mohamed ali in the movie whom after sympathizing with Houssein's honesty and naive and deep love for this girl, makes from his movie a quest to put this two subjects on the same path and help houssein express his feelings for the girl. The result is heart-warming, tendering and tear jerking. The film also beside being a beautiful unconventional love story is a painting set in this villages surrounded by olives standing as witnesses to this vilmagers struggle after the earthquake (i know what it feels i've been there) as Kiarostami molds with them and get to know and hear their stories while conveying the beautyof sucj place even after a terrific disaster, for him this movie is also a sort of an homage. a beautiful and honest masterpiece.
Review of Through the Olive Trees
