The Koker Trilogy: And Life Goes On (1992) | May 25, 5:00 pm

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. – The Criterion Channel

Director: Abbas Kiarostami

Cast: Farhad Kheradmand, Pouya Payvar, Hossein Rezai

Country: Iran

Distributor: Janus Films

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 36 minutes

Platform: The Criterion Channel

Special Programming: Classic Cinema

Author: Josh Hornbeck

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