And Life Goes On (Zendegi va digar hich; also called Life, and Nothing More...) is a 1992 Iranian film directed by Abbas Kiarostami. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. It is considered the second film in Kiarostami's "Koker" trilogy.
It was the year 1990 when the Manjil-Rudbar earthquake hit and Killed 50,000 people in Iran. Director Abbas Kiarostami, director Abbas Kiarostami made the decision to return to the Iranian village of Koker to find the little boys (Babak Ahmedpour) who were part of the cast of his earlier masterpiece, "Where is the Friend's Home? It is during that trip that Kiarostami was struck by inspiration, going back to retrace his steps and film his own journey as his second entry into the eventual Koker trilogy.
It is a pseudo-documentary film and Kiarastomi was played by "Farhad Kheradmand". Basically, It is a quest film, a surprisingly heartwarming quest of life, hope, and love. It is a story of great resilience shown by the Iranian Citizen who was hit by the tragedy on June 21, 1990, of Earthquake, which destroyed many villages, taken lives, and left people homeless devasted under the shelter of the sky. People accepted it as the "Will of God" and decided to continue their life as "Life goes on and on and on".
Kiarostami is a master, and In this film, he breaks the 4th wall, and through this blasphemy of film making (to most audiences) he let his viewers join him on his quest of "Babak Ahmedpor". During 1 hour and 35 minutes of duration, I was in the car with him reflecting on the beauty of beautiful landscapes, curvy and thrilling roads, broken villages, traumatized human faces cooping with the devastation of the earthquake, even I've moist in the eyes when an Old Lady showed us(sorry, to Kiarastomi) the way to Koker and then she told us how she lost her home and beloved family members. It was like, nature was filming us from the 3rd eye. And I think, that is the real form of art, you create something which is Neo realistic, It has nothing to with reality yet it is reality, It is presented as reel life but In fact, it is real life and this kind of technique is never implemented by greats like Nolan because they present fiction onscreen in a mysterious manner and life itself is the biggest mystery and director like Abbas Kiarastomi always tried to unreveal life to present his subtleties, in slow and induced kind of manner, which is boring for some cinegoers but it is perfectly alright with some aesthetics.
Among a selected section of the audience, Kiarastomi is famous for his panoramic long shots and "And the life goes on" has many of them, full of life, hope and joy especially his conversation with the two young girls and one of them delivered her dialogues with an epitome of shyness which was splendid.
In his two scenes, one with the man who was recently married and one who was setting the antenna to watch the FIFA world cup 1990 contest, Kirastomi magnificently executed that "Why Life must go on" and it is the real code to live it.
Last World: It is a slice of life and I want you to have it. Before watching this, kindly watch the first installment of the eventual "Koker" trilogy "Where is the friend Home" which is also a very unique film to understand this story. Otherwise, It won't work.
Rating: 10/10
It was the year 1990 when the Manjil-Rudbar earthquake hit and Killed 50,000 people in Iran. Director Abbas Kiarostami, director Abbas Kiarostami made the decision to return to the Iranian village of Koker to find the little boys (Babak Ahmedpour) who were part of the cast of his earlier masterpiece, "Where is the Friend's Home? It is during that trip that Kiarostami was struck by inspiration, going back to retrace his steps and film his own journey as his second entry into the eventual Koker trilogy.
It is a pseudo-documentary film and Kiarastomi was played by "Farhad Kheradmand". Basically, It is a quest film, a surprisingly heartwarming quest of life, hope, and love. It is a story of great resilience shown by the Iranian Citizen who was hit by the tragedy on June 21, 1990, of Earthquake, which destroyed many villages, taken lives, and left people homeless devasted under the shelter of the sky. People accepted it as the "Will of God" and decided to continue their life as "Life goes on and on and on".
Kiarostami is a master, and In this film, he breaks the 4th wall, and through this blasphemy of film making (to most audiences) he let his viewers join him on his quest of "Babak Ahmedpor". During 1 hour and 35 minutes of duration, I was in the car with him reflecting on the beauty of beautiful landscapes, curvy and thrilling roads, broken villages, traumatized human faces cooping with the devastation of the earthquake, even I've moist in the eyes when an Old Lady showed us(sorry, to Kiarastomi) the way to Koker and then she told us how she lost her home and beloved family members. It was like, nature was filming us from the 3rd eye. And I think, that is the real form of art, you create something which is Neo realistic, It has nothing to with reality yet it is reality, It is presented as reel life but In fact, it is real life and this kind of technique is never implemented by greats like Nolan because they present fiction onscreen in a mysterious manner and life itself is the biggest mystery and director like Abbas Kiarastomi always tried to unreveal life to present his subtleties, in slow and induced kind of manner, which is boring for some cinegoers but it is perfectly alright with some aesthetics.
Among a selected section of the audience, Kiarastomi is famous for his panoramic long shots and "And the life goes on" has many of them, full of life, hope and joy especially his conversation with the two young girls and one of them delivered her dialogues with an epitome of shyness which was splendid.
In his two scenes, one with the man who was recently married and one who was setting the antenna to watch the FIFA world cup 1990 contest, Kirastomi magnificently executed that "Why Life must go on" and it is the real code to live it.
Last World: It is a slice of life and I want you to have it. Before watching this, kindly watch the first installment of the eventual "Koker" trilogy "Where is the friend Home" which is also a very unique film to understand this story. Otherwise, It won't work.
Rating: 10/10