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
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