Life Goes On

This film (drama)Also known asزندگی و دیگر هیچ，is aIranProducerwomen sex，At1992Released in year 。The dialogue language isPersian，Current Douban rating8.8(For reference only)。

In 1990, a major earthquake struck the northwestern region of Iran, where the film "Where Is My Friend's Home" was shot in Kogel. The director took his son on a journey there to find the actors in the film. The father and son encountered many survivors along the way; none of them displayed the sorrow that people might expect, but instead actively engaged in post-earthquake reconstruction, valuing life more than ever. Especially poignant was the young couple who held their wedding the day after the earthquake, embodying the resilience of the villagers who had faced calamity. Ultimately, they did not meet the child actors playing the two young protagonists, though some said they had just seen them. The audience might remember the lovely child actor from "Where is My Friend's Home." In 1990, disaster struck the place where he lived; the earthquake nearly destroyed everything. The fate of the child actor was unknown, and Abbas returned to the area by car after the earthquake to search for him. Along the way, the director saw many shocking scenes: ruins, grief-stricken people, death... However, what surprised the director was that people were not mired in despair but rather regrouped and rebuilt their homes after the disaster. Death made the living cherish life even more, empowering them to continue on with greater courage. Hope had not been lost; a significant moment in the film is a couple who held their wedding after the earthquake. The child actor was ultimately not found, adding a touch of melancholy to the film's uplifting tone. Behind the scenes: The film documents the experiences and observations on the way to the disaster area and won the Rossellini Humanitarian Award and the Golden Camera Award at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. Watching this film feels like a dream, as insights about life peel away layer by layer from the journey of searching, as if traveling on a distant journey with Abbas. Time, accompanied by various landscapes, quietly flows by in this calm, which is quite interesting. Japanese director Akira Kurosawa once called Abbas’s work “unequaled.” Whether this comment is too much is left to interpretation, but in this film, Abbas's composure and compassionate spirit indeed merit the title of a master. His contemplation of life is a continuous inquiry and the source of his creative inspiration. Some scenes in this film reappear in “The Lovers of the Olive Tree,” further embodying the notion that cinema is about “dream-making.” This film, along with the previous "Where Is My Friend's Home" and the subsequent "The Lovers of the Olive Tree," forms the "Village Trilogy."