"I am Mohammed A. Keshavarz, the actor who plays the director." "The other actors were recruited on site." "We are in Koker approximately 400 km ..." "no, 350 km to the north of Teheran where last year an earthquake destroyed everything." "The girls are hungry." "They have still have a long way to go." "Can we go a little faster?" "We are in a rebuilt school to choose a young actress." "Excuse me, I am late." " What is your name?" " Mehri Ziai" " What is your name?" " Sima Ali Mohammadi" " What?" " Sima Ali Mohammadi" " And you?" " Leyla Naghipour" " And you, which is your name?" " Tahereh Ladanian" "Mrs. Shiva, note the address of this girl." " Your address?" " Beside the Lakeh bazaar" " Your name?" " Tahereh Ladanian" " Your address?" " Beside the Lakeh bazaar" " And you, what is your name?" " Fariba Jafari" " You are in which class?" " The third literature class" "Mrs. Shiva, also note her name." "Tell me your name ..." " And you?" " Nazila Khadem" "Mrs. Shiva, note her name, too." "Your address?" "I do not have a precise address." "But where do you live?" "Rostam-Abbad, in Jalalye" "It is cold." "And you, your name?" "Ziant Hassanpour" "You're not in a line anymore!" "And where will you show the film?" "You film us ... butIdon 'tknowwhy." "Oh, it's not important!" "You will not show it." " You mean on TV?" " Yes" "You are right." "But is that a reason not to film?" "But you are not going to show it to us ..." "Your last film was passed onto the second chain and no one saw it here." "So what good is this?" "Then what do you say?" "Should we film or not?" "Film it!" " Film it!" " But you have to show it!" "Yes, you have to show it!" " What is your name?" " Tahereh" " Tahereh what?" " Poursadeghi" " Mrs. Shiva, note also her name." " Repeat your name." "Your address?" " And you, what is your name?" " Zahra Djenab" " Where do you live?" " In Rostam-Abbad" " How old are you?" " Fifteen" "Fifteen?" "Mrs. Shiva, note her name." " Your name?" " Zahra Djenab." " Your address?" " Rostam-Abbad, in Koker" "THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES" "A film by Abbas Kiarostami with:" "Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz" "Farhad Kheradmand Zarifeh Shiva" "Hossein Rezai Tahereh Ladanian and Mahbanou Darabi." "Credits:" "Farshid Masghali Photographs:" "Ali-Reza Ansarian" "Assistant director:" "Djafar Panahi Script:" "Guiti Khammal" "Mixing:" "Changiz Sayyad" "Sound recording:" "Mahmoud Samakbashi Yadollah Najafi and Hossein Moradi." "Director of photography:" "Hossein Djafarian" "Writen, produced, and carried out by:" "ABBAS KIAROSTAMI" "Calendar:" "Today is Sunday," "The ninth of the month of Khord, of the year 1372 of the solar hégire." "or the eighth of the month of Zihadjeh of the year 1413 of the lunar hégire." "Or again the 30th of May, 1993." "There are 1353 years, in a similar day." "the 8 of the month of Zihadjeh of year 60 ..." " Hello" " Hello" " You are well?" " Yes, thank you." "You left on foot?" "I had already stopped waiting, and I began to run after the minibus." "We worked late yesterday evening, and it was hard to wake up." "This is what you asked me for." "Chalk?" "Yes, but not the one you wanted ..." "This one is not well filtered." "The students did this one." "They did not filter it very well." "There may be small stones." "If it does not write well, break it in two and it will slide better." "You will find some at the school perhaps of better quality." "We're not going to the school." "Then why do you need chalk?" "For the clapperboard." "What is that?" "It is used to identify the shots." "One writes on it as on a blackboard." "Ah, a chalkboard for shooting ..." "I remember having seen one ... onthe shooting of "Where is the House of My Friend."" "Yes, I remember, you were very good in that film." "How kind!" "I played the part of the teacher." "You were perfect in that role." "Oh, I play that role everyday." "I am a teacher!" "I have a favor to ask you..." "I'm sorry, can you catch up with the minibus?" "The school provides a minibus for you?" "No, it belongs to the Gandjeh shoe factory." "It drops us off at the factory, and the rest of the way to Saramarz, about one km ..." "one goes by foot." "As I said to you ..." "I do not much like films, the cinema, and art in general." "But, with this earthquake ..." "and all our difficulties ..." "then if it were possible for you to find me a small role ..." "... inyourfilm" " Of course" " Thank you" "It is better to take this short cut." " This way?" " Yes, yes, this way." " You will not forget..." " You have nothing to fear." " Goodbye" " Goodbye" "Tahereh..." "Tahereh..." "Tahereh..." " Grandmother..." " Yes?" "Hello Grandmother." " Are you well?" " Yes, Thanks to be God." " Where has Tahereh gone?" " I don't know." "We have an appointment at 7:30." "But she left at dawn to borrow a dress from a friend." "I don't know ... wheresheisnow." " Then what should I do?" " Make yourself at home!" "." " Thanks Grandmother" " Come up then." "Come sit." "Come up and sit close to me." " I'll wait for her here." " She has gone to school." "She told me that she went to borrow a dress." "I'm not very sure." "I don't know all her affairs." "It's difficult to understand ..." "What did she say exactly?" "Should I wait for her here or not?" " What should I do?" " I don't know ..." "At your age it's hard to wait." "I don't know what to say." "It's hard living with her." "This morning I asked her to go to the stream, and she left the water for me at the bottom of the stairs." "Because of the pain in my legs I can't go downstairs." "By the time I get downstairs my meal is burnt." "She doesn't listen to me." "She is obstinate." "And she forgot her book." " Thank you for the water." " It's nothing." "Should I pour you a little?" "Yes, please." "Now you return?" "What time is it?" "I went to see my friend." "It is already 6:30 and you are not ready!" "I went to borrow a dress." " Then you have it?" " Yes" "Show me." "You need to wear a country dress, not one like that!" "My friend said that it suited me." "It needs only one alteration." "I told her to get a different dress, and she tells me that she will alter that one!" "You will wear a country dress!" "Allow me to try it just once." "You cannot do whatever you feel like." "You will wear a country dress." "I will not repeat it." " My friend said that one alteration would fix it." " I have said no!" "I'll try it and you'll see." "Nothing affects her." "She is truly obstinate." "You must wear a country dress." "Do you understand?" "Country!" "No one wears that today ..." " Pour me a little, please." " That's enough?" "Yes, thank you." "What did you say?" "No one wears dresses like that anymore." "And your grandmother then?" "She wears one ... andit 'sverypretty!" "They are for old people, not for me." "I have seen young people wear them, and they looked very nice." "But they were illiterate country women!" "The students do not wear them." "You have seen that already." "At school sure, because that is the rule." "But for us, you must wear it." "What kind of upbringing did you give her?" "She does not stop arguing!" "I wasn't the one who raised her." "Her mother did, God bless her." "Is there a problem?" "Tahereh, that dress is very pretty, and it suits you nicely ..." "But it will not work for us." "But it's the only one I have ..." "That's not a problem." "I'll take care of it." " I will not wear another one." " She looks for any pretexts!" "She could take her mother's dress;" "it's in the chest." " May I borrow a pot of flowers?" " Go ahead." " I will return it soon." " Take this one." "No I prefer that one." "The stem of this one is too long." " Thank you." "Good bye." " May God protect you!" "I'll come to get you in an hour." "All right?" "An hour." "Mrs. Shiva!" " Hello" " Hello, how are you?" "You have only one pot of flowers?" "Yes, but Babak is bringing two others." " What is your name?" " Ahmad." " Ahmad, what?" " Ahmadpour" "Ahmad Ahmadpour." "Put it in the back." "Be careful not to break the stem." " Be very careful with the stem!" " All right." "And the flower also." " Hello" " Hello" " But they are all dry!" " This is all there was." "Put it in the back with the others." "Thank you boys." "Where are you going?" "To school." "We have exams." " Climb in." "I'll take you." " Thanks but the school is right here." "It's in the tents." "Ok, goodbye." " Would you like to come to the filming after your exams?" " Yes" " Do you know where it is?" " In Koker." " It is there." "Come when you would like." " Ok." "Goodbye." "Scene 4, Shot 1, Take 1" "Action!" "Very good... ." "Staywhereyou are ." " Hello." " Hello." " Hello." " God is with you." "Cut!" "Why don't you answer?" "When she says: "God is with you" You say: "Take care of yourself"" "Then you ask her for water and that is all." "Take the bag of plaster and come down." "You understand?" "Let's film." "Ready?" "Shot 1, Take 2" "Very good ... ." "Staywhereyou are ." " Hello" " Hello" "God is with you." "Cut!" "Speak to her!" "Respond to her!" "When she speaks to you, you reply to her!" "Take the bag and come down." "Farhad..." "When she speaks to you, look at her for a moment and then reply." "Let's film!" " Sound?" " We're ready." "Camera?" "Shot 1, Take 3" "Very good..." "Staywhereyou are !" " Hello." " Hello." "God is with you." "Why don't you say anything?" "You don't want to say it?" "You have forgotten?" "Come down with the bag." "Take it and come down!" "Come down!" "No, sir, I cannot do it." " What?" " I cannot do it." "What do you mean by that?" "Can you come here a minute?" " What?" " Can you come here for a minute?" "What is going on?" "I am a stutterer." "What?" "You spoke well before!" "Yes, but ..." "When I speak to a girl ..." "I begin to stutter." "Good." "You can leave." "Azim, wait." "We will take you." " Mrs. Shiva..." " Yes?" "Escort him and bring back Hossein." "Hossein?" "Who is that?" " Our Hossein, the one from camp." " Okay." "Get in the car;" "I'll bring you back." " Mrs. Shiva..." " Yes?" "Return with Hossein in the car, and make it quick!" " We have little time!" " Okay" "Should we pack the camera?" "No, leave it." "They're returning soon." "Children, You can't come on this side of the rope." "But can I cross it?" "Yes!" "No!" "Yes!" "No!" "Then I can, yes or no?" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Come here please" " You don't have exams?" " No!" "Yes, we have them!" "Then what are you doing here?" "We've come to see the film." " You came all this way?" " Yes." " About how many kilometers is it?" " 9 kilometers." "Good, I would like to ask you one question." "Ask me!" "Wait..." "Children, can you tell me what cooperation is?" "I know!" "Can I answer?" " Be calm!" "Tell me." " To work with others." "To work with others... ." "Can I answer?" "Yes" "To help others." " Can I answer?" "." " Yes, now you." "Now let's see if you can tell me ..." "the capital of Guilan." " I know!" "I know!" " Rasht!" "Rasht!" "Rasht!" " Good, where is Rostam-Abbad located?" " In Poshteh, in Guilan." " Near Roudbar." " And what is Roubar known for?" "Olives!" " Tell me your lines." " But I know them..." " you can be assured." " Tell them to me, and I will be assured." "I put the bag of plaster there, and I climb the stairs." "Does it have to be plaster?" "Remember, you must do what we tell you!" "Okay ... ." "I take the plaster, and I climb the stairs." "At the top, a woman tells me:" ""Good luck"" "No, she tells you:" ""God is with you"" "She says: "God is with you"" "And I answer her:" ""Give me water, I am thirsty"" "Is that correct?" "It sounds right?" "What is this?" "You are blocking the road." "It's going to be cleared up." "With that car and those bricks how can I get by?" "We'll clear it in a moment." "But I must pass!" "And you will pass, Inch'Allah, in a half hour." "Are you joking?" "!" "I have hundreds of things to do!" "And so do we!" "We come from the provinces to work for others, so that we can feed our families." "That is not an answer!" "I need to know how to get by!" "I'll ask a worker to open the road." "But only one!" "This is not my problem." "I am in a hurry!" "If you are in such a hurry, your worker can help us to move the bricks and open the road." " We would finish more quickly." " He does not have to do that." " That is your job." " But it is not our problem!" " You are blocking the road!" " It is very easy to clear it." "Remove them." "Mam, I'm really sorry." "I want to do everything you ask me, but I won't do masonry." "I don't work in construction anymore." "I came to act in your film." "I will work as an actor, but not as a mason!" " Yes?" " Please, the road to Koker?" " Koker?" "It's behind you." " The road is blocked." "Continue on a little; there is a path after the bridge." "Hey!" "Hossein!" "Aren't you important!" "Mam..." "Why do you ask directions from someone else when I'm from here?" "Since you won't work with plaster or bricks," "I thought you wouldn't show the way either!" "Since you only want to be an actor ..." "I have to ask someone else." " Whose turn is it?" " It's mine, sir!" " You?" "No you are too smart." "Much too smart!" "Okay Children, we'll continue later." " Mr. Pananhi, are you ready?" " Yes." "Hossein, more quickly!" " Mr. Jafarian." " Yes?" "Mrs. Shiva, a little more quickly." "We are trying." "Mr. Kheradmand, more quickly." "We're ready, whenever you want to start." "Shot 1, take 1." "Very good ... staywhereyou are ." " Hello." " Hello." "Hello." "Cut!" "Hossein Why don't you say something?" "Take the sack and come down." "Farhad, don't look at him so much when he goes up!" " Do you hear?" " Yes." "Shot 1, take 2." "Very good ... staywhereyou are !" " Hello." " Hello." "Hello." "Cut!" "Mrs. Shiva, Did you practice his lines with him?" "Yes, and he said them well in the car." "Take the sack and come down." "When I say "Hello" to her, she doesn't respond." "She doesn't greet me." "What can I do?" " She doesn't greet you?" " No." "Okay, we had to stop because of you." "Then tell me," "What has happened between that girl and you?" "Tell me." "It was in Eynollah's house, God bless him." "Where I worked ..." "This girl lived in the house just opposite." "She was sitting on the stairs, studying." "She was there, in front of me, and appeared so gentle to my eyes, a girl so nice that I could see myself getting married." "The idea of marrying her occured to me." "I returned to my work, until the end of the day." "When I went to wash my hands and feet," "I saw her mother going to the stream to get some water." "I spoke to her about her daughter, and it bothered her." "Why?" "I do not know." "Perhaps she thought that I was not really serious, or that I wanted to start rumours or that I didn't mean it," "or that I didn't merit it." "Well, and then?" "That evening, I went to change my clothes, and Eynollah told me not to bother coming to work the next day." "I thought that she had asked Eynollah to fire me and offered to replace me with a better worker." "During the night of the earthquake" "Eynollah's family ..." "God bless them ..." "and the family of this girl, Tahereh, died." " Tahereh's parents?" " Yes." " And the rest?" " All of them perished." "On the third day of mourning," "I went to the cemetary." "There were so many people there that I could not find them." "On the seventh day of mourning," "I went to her parents' grave." "I wanted to talk to her, but her grandmother saw me and asked me to pray for the dead." "Before I had finished my prayer, they left." "And since then you had not seen her?" " Had you seen her?" " No." "Only one time, on the fortieth day of mourning." " And what did you do?" " On the fortieth day," "I returned to the cemetary." "Her grandmother was there." "I told myself that these poor people now knew that the world is cruel and that life is short, and that they would no longer have the heart to disapoint me." "If these people had treated me better before none of this would have happened to them." "I told myself that it was my heart's moan which had destoyed their homes." "How could I buy a home after that?" "Moreover, as my heart was heavy, and I wanted to lighten my pain, by emptying it on them." "I would say to them: "Now that no one" ""has a house," ""we are all" ""equal." "I do not have a home," ""but you do not have one either!" ""So, how do you respond to my marriage proposal?"" "Finally, They gave me an answer ..." "that even today burns in my heart." "That I was totally blind if I did not see ..." "that everything was already being rebuilt." "Don't tell me more!" "Since I was eleven years old," "I have worked in other people's homes." "What was your profession?" "My profession?" "I worked with a bricklayer." "What did you do?" "I laid bricks and cement." "That was the kind of work I did." "People always told me:" ""If one does not have a house, one does not have a woman!"" "And since I did not have a house, no one would give me a woman to marry." "To build a house, requires a lot of time." "And you did not return to see it?" "Yes." "Not this Thursday, but the one before." "The day I saw you at the filming." "And then?" "I requested her hand in marriage again." "I did not want to return to see them, but I decided to go all the same." "To where?" "To the cemetary." "I saw them there." "Is he here again?" "He never leaves us in peace!" "The key?" "Go on, now I am going." "This boy does not leave us in peace!" "Hello" "Hello to you" " Are you well?" " Yes, thanks to God." " Can I have your answer?" " The answer is no." "It seems that your granddaughter wants it." "So why not?" "You want my answer?" "Very well, it is no!" "What does that mean?" "Think about me as well!" "Everyone says that she wants to marry and you continue to insist the "the answer is no."" "The answer is no!" "Give me at least two reasons." "Explain it to me." "You are illiterate, and you have no home!" "But what matters is kindness, intelligence, understanding." "You may be nice and understanding, but you need to have a home!" "She chose me." "And you prevent us from living together." "The answer is no." "You have no home." "You are illiterate." "You have a hollow head." "Mind your own business!" "You will not have her!" "Stop thinking about her!" "If not, I will make your life hell!" "If her parents were still alive, at least I would have some hope ..." "but with you ... nothing!" "If they were alive, they would not give her to you." "Not even them!" "Are you sure that your granddaughter also feels this way?" "My answer is no!" "Cut!" "Wait a minute!" "What are you doing there?" "Run quickly, come here ..." "A little more quickly!" "More quickly ..." "Here quickly." "Come back here ..." "We're rolling." "Sound." "Camera." "Scene 7, shot 2, take 2." "Action!" "After I've taken Tahereh back," "Can I go look for ... ?" "Who?" "When I've taken Tahereh back, can I go look for Poursadeghi?" " Who is Poursadeghi?" " The girl with the green eyes." "Ask Tahereh that, not me." "She is better suited to the role." "But I'm not able to do anything if she refuses to speak." "She does not listen; she does not act ..." "It's obvious that the problem is him." "With Azim there were no problems." " Let's avoid the problems." " How?" " Do what you can." " I do not believe that I can." " Try everying." " Of course" "Hossein, bring me my cigarettes from the car." " What?" " Bring me my cigarettes." "Okay." " Hello, Bagheri." " Hello." " How are you?" " Very good, thank you." "I am delighted." "What a wonderful scent." "What are you making for us?" "Mirza ghassemi." "The crew asked me to supper." " Bagheri?" " Yes?" "What was the acidic tasting dish?" "It was torshi tareh." "How do you make it?" " The torshi tareh?" " No." "In fact ..." " I would prefer if you would tell me ..." " What?" "Your wife is not jealous of your cooking?" "Before she was." "Now she is no longer here." " Really?" " Yes ... sheis dead." "She died in the earthquake." "God bless her." " And you are alone now?" " Yes, alone." " A cigarette?" " No, I have just smoked one." "Bagheri?" "Yes?" "I wanted to ask ..." "You don't think of finding another companion?" "No I do not want to be married again." "Why?" "You are all alone." "I lived with her for fifty years." "She gave me six children." "It would not be right." "But your children have already left your home." "It would be good for you to have a companion." "My life has begun to end ..." "You're joking, you are at the height of your life!" "Here, many women have lost their husbands, and many husbands have lost their wives." "Perhaps, but I don't want to marry." "After fifty years with someone, it is not good to remarry." "For me, with 60 or 65 years, it is not good." " Hossein!" " Yes?" " Bring me a clean dish!" " Right now." "Are you coming Hossein?" "We have not cared for our parents." "Why would our children have to care for us?" "With the problems that are in Teheran." " What do they do?" " They live in Teheran." "One works in a petroliferous company, Falaté Gharreh." "Already." "And they go to the island of Lavan, to the port of Guenaveh." " That is a dangerous area." " Dangerous?" "Your other son, the one that works in the automobile club." "Does he have children?" "Yes, three." "And the two children that you have here, what do they do?" "They are conductors." "One drives a truck and the other works in city council." "How are you doing?" "She refuses to listen." "She says that we contracted for one day and that she has to prepare for her exams." "I said to her: "There is no problem, bring your book and study on the set."" "It seems that she does not want to be with that boy." "She does not want it." "You have to change one of the two." "Either the girl or Hossein." "Hossein, go water the flowers!" " They have been parched for two days!" " You did not tell me." " Whom did I tell it to then?" " To Mohammadi." "Mohammadi says that I asked you and you're telling me that I asked him." "What should I do?" "I would have done it if you had asked me to." " You forgot." " No." "You were quite astute." "I told her that she had to deciede quickly or I would go find Poursadeghi." "She reacted immediately and said:" ""I will see, return tomorrow."" "In any case, I believe that we must change one or the other." "The girl might cause problems much later." "We will find the solution." "What did you say, Bagheri?" "Hossein, wake up." "Hossein, that's enough." "Get up!" "Hello." "Hello to you." "Hossein, it is very late." "Wake up!" "I have risen late also." "We will take tea." " Hossein did not let me sleep." " Why not?" "He was delirious: "My socks, where are my white socks?"" "With the wind, I could not sleep." "I had to take the bed outside." "Go make the tea." "I will wake up the others." "Mr. Karimi." " Hello." " Hello." " Hello, Mrs. Shiva." " Hello." " Has Mr. Rhafari risen yet?" " Yes, he has gone running." "Mr. Samak Bachi?" "It is very late." " Hello, mam." " Hello." "Mr. Jafarian?" "I am awake." " Mr. Jafarian?" " Hello." "Hello." "Mr. Kheradmand?" "Yes, I am here." " Hello, Farhad." " Hello, Mrs. Shiva." "If they do not need Hossein, let him sleep a little." "He did not sleep well; he is tired." "I do not understand." "I am awake!" "Gather the cups, wash them, and bring the breakfast." "I am awake and she says I am sleeping!" "Perhaps you were sleeping?" "Correction ..." "Hossein has risen early!" "Good!" "Poor boy, he is worried." "Myself also, it hurt me to wake up." "You did not sleep well?" "No, the springs in the mattress were fatal." "My back hurt, and the ground was damp." "I passed the night the best I was able to." "But this pure morning air makes the pain worth it!" "Here to breathe is an authentic pleasure." "It seems to me that everyone has left this place, no?" "The majority died in the earthquake and the survivors went away to live on the side of the highway in tiny houses." "They preferred the highway to this pure air?" "I suppose ..." "They were right, poor things." "After the earthquake, they could not recieve help." "The roads were blocked and many died." "The survivors went away." "It is not possible to live only on fresh air!" "They needed other things and those are found near the highway." "And from there, they can always move to another place." "That's why 12 millon people live in Teheran!" "But enough clichés!" "I would like to tell you something about this place." "If you call to the souls of the people who lived here, they answer you." " Their souls?" " Yes." "Hello." "If you say it like that, only I can answer you." "Say it louder, so they can hear you." "Hello!" "Did you hear?" " You are pulling my leg." " Why?" "Clearly, it is an echo." "If you think it is an echo, say something more and you will see how they answer you." "What should I say?" "Pouya!" "Pouya!" "Yes, papa?" "Nothing, I wasn't talking to you!" "Another thing:" "They only answer to "hello" and "good bye."" "Listen ..." "Good bye!" "If you say "goodbye" and you do not go away, they won't answer when you say hello!" "Do not forget it:" "Only "hello" and "good bye."" "I'm going." "Farhad," "Give this to Mr. Panahi." "I'll catch up with you." "Good bye." "Sit here in front." "I will sit with Hossein." "Is everything okay, Hossein?" "Yes, thanks." " You do not seem very happy." " Yes, but I am." "Perhaps you are tired?" "I heard that last night you did not sleep well." "I slept well, but I fell asleep late." "You do not look like tired;" "you look sad." "Is that not true?" "No, I am not sad." "Yes, you are." "You know, sir?" "I do not like to speak badly of others, but the dead of Poshteh are nicer than than our young lady Tahereh." "What do you mean?" "When I greeted them this morning, they at least answered!" "That's true." "Yesterday I greeted her three times." "She did not answer once." "Normally, one says "hello" only once." "And if they do not answer, one doesn't say "hello" again." " It is your fault." " You told me to say it!" "I told you that you will say it ..." "only once!" "I thought that by greeting her ..." "maybe she would answer me ..." "But she did not answer me ..." "I will not go back to say "hello" again." "And today?" "She will be there?" "I do not know, maybe." "Mrs. Shiva?" "Yes?" "Stop and wait for those people." "Hossein, make room for them." "Where are you coming from?" "I cannot speak your dialect." "We were in the public baths." "Where are the baths?" "Past Chima." "There are others here." "Why go so far away?" "There are stores there, the bazar ..." "There is a bakery we took our daughters to." "It is not hard for them to go so far?" "Perhaps, but it is calmer and better." "They will not get cold up here?" "We are cold, but we have to go home." "Neither the cold, nor the heat are important to us." "We cannot change it, no matter how hard it is." "We are calmer because of this." " Is this your daughter?" " Yes." "She doesn't look like you." "She looks like her brother." "Her brother looks like her father, right?" "So she should look like her father." " Where is her father now?" " Dead." " In the earthquake?" " Yes." "God bless him ..." "Do you think that she would like to be in our film?" " Would you like to be in the film?" " No." " Why?" " She does not know how to act." "It is not difficult." "She only has to wash some plates in a stream!" "Surely she knows how to do that." "You do not know how to do it?" "What is your name?" "Tell me." "Excuse me sir, but here one does not give the names of women or girls to a stranger." "It is against custom." "Tell me, do people continue to live here?" "Very few." "Only those that still have cattle and sheep." "The rest have moved to the highway." " You also have cattle?" " We no longer have anything." "Why do you stay then?" "The side of the highway is no place to live." "It is not peaceful." "Where are you from?" "We are from Taleche-Tolab." " From Taleche-Tolab?" " Yes." "There we had flies, tea plantations, trees, rice fields, silk!" " Flies?" " Flies of honey, yes." "We had to leave everything to come here." "But, to leave here to live next to a tar highway ... wearen't able to do that." "Have you been to Taleche-Tolab?" "To Taleche?" "No." "If you knew it you would not ask me why we do not go to the highway." "It is no place to live." "All that smoke and asphalt, and people passing without stopping in!" "Of course." "Thank you very much." "We get off here." "Mrs. Shiva." "Stop here for them." "Grandmother, give me your address." "We don't have one!" "Give it to me anyway." "We might need it." "We don't have an address." "Why do you want it?" " I see that already." " We do not have an address." " Good bye sir." " Good bye." "Grandmother, come here." "Mrs. Shiva ..." "Write down her address." " Yes?" " Where do you live?" "Nowhere!" "That way ..." "Behind a tree ..." "We don't have a phone." "We are near the road." " I do not want your phone number." " I do not have an address." "We live behind a tree." "Our store is that way." "We don't have an address, nothing." " What is your name?" " Zahra Norouzi." " If I need you, you will be here?" " Yes, yes." " My home is over there." " I will come to see it." " Good bye." " Good bye." "Why do you want that women?" "She ..." "No,shedoesnotinterestme..." "I was thinking of her daughter for the scene in the stream." "If it does not work," "I also have an idea about Hossein." "What does she seem like to you Hossein?" "She?" "She does not interest me." "Why?" "She is a charming girl." "Yes, perhaps she is handsome, but she is illiterate." " How do you know?" " They are farmers." "They are not educated." "When I marry and have children, if my wife is illiterate, like I am," "Who will help the children with their homework?" "Perhaps she would be more suited to you since you are illiterate." "I'm unable to read." "This is why I must meet someone who has an education, and is friendly, who knows how to read and write, so that one of us can help the children with their homework, and with their exams." "If both of us were illiterate, life would be impossible!" "So you don't like her because she is illiterate, right?" "But Tahereh does not want you for the same reason." "Why does it upset you then?" "I am not upset!" "Yes you are a little upset." "I think that ..." "if the proprietors married proprietors, the rich married the rich, and the illiterates married their equals, nothing would work." "It is much better that people who can read marry illiterates, that the rich marry the poor," "that the homeless marry the landowners." "And thus ..." "we could all help ourselves." "I think that this is best." "If two people marry and they wind up with two houses, they are not going to have their head in one and their feet in the other!" "Am I right or not?" "They cannot do it!" "Of course, they can do it, but they can live in one and rent the other, right?" "Right?" "It is possible." "Tahereh?" "Tahereh?" "Grandmother?" "Scene 14, shot 1, take 1." "Action!" "Tahereh..." "Tahereh, where did you put my white socks?" "Look between your clothes." "I have already looked, they are not there." "Perhaps they are near the fireplace." "They are not there either." "I don't know what you do with my things!" "I know!" "You put them in your shoes!" "Okay I will look, but I know they are not there." "But since you say so, very well," "I will go look in my shoes ..." "Here are my white socks!" "You like you just got married." "Yes!" " How long?" " Five days." "Five days or five months?" "Five days!" " The night of the earthquake?" " No ..." "The day after." "Hossein ..." "Why do you bend your head?" "Keep your head straight when you speak." "We're going to repeat it." " Sound?" " Yes?" " Recording?" " Prepared." "Camera!" "Scene 14, shot 1, take 2." "Action!" "Tahereh, where did you put my white socks?" "Look between your clothes." "I already looked and they are not there." "Perhaps they are near the fireplace." "They are not there either." "I don't know what you do with my things!" "You must have put them in your shoes!" "I am sure they are not there." "But since you say so, very well." "I will look in my shoes ..." "But I know they are not there." "Here are my white socks!" "You seem like you just got married." "Yes." "How long?" "Five days." " Five days or five months?" " Five days!" " The night of the earthquake?" " No, the day after." "Of course ..." "What's going on?" "Eh, stop splashing the water!" " I was watering the flowers." " The flowers?" "Look to see if there is someone below!" "I'm not saying don't water them!" " But first look below!" " I'm sorry." "So many people are burried in the debris, that a few drops of water are not going to hurt me ..." "Do not shout at her!" "You must not have many victims in your family ..." "if you were married the day after the earthquake." "Well yes there were." "Cousins, uncles, aunts ..." "In all, there had to be about 25 deaths ..." "Cut!" "There were 65!" "No, sir." "I lost around 25." "No, there were 65!" "Try it another time." "Hossein, get ready." "Ahmad, wait a second." "Come, Ahmad, you're going to sit down there." "Quickly..." "Ready?" "Ready?" "Faster!" "Rolling." "Hossein, are you ready?" "Wait a minute, the sun has gone behind the clouds." "We'll have to wait 5 minutes." "Perhaps less." "Excuse me, while we're waiting, can I listen to this tape?" "There is a noise." "Is it noted?" "Let me listen first." "Do you want the first shot?" "Wait, I'm dealing with the sound." "Tahereh ..." "When I ask you for my socks ..." "Do not think that I am really myself." "It is what the director wants." "I am not someone that keeps asking:" ""Where are my socks?"" "If I marry, I will have enough tact ..." "to put away my socks, my clothes and my things!" "I want to marry to be happy, not to have you cook for me nor to have you take care of my clothes." "I would want you to keep studying, if you wanted to, while I worked and ate in the bazaar." "The only thing I want ..." "is your happiness." "I want you to be happy." "Okay?" "We are ready." "Is your heart with me?" "Tell me." "Scene 14, shot 1, take 3." "Action!" "Why don't you begin?" " Why don't you begin?" " Tahereh!" "Where did you put my socks?" "Look in your clothes." "I have already looked!" "They are not there." "Perhaps they are near the fireplace." "The fireplace?" "No, they are not there!" "I don't know where you put my things!" "Look in your shoes." "They are not in my shoes, but I will make sure." "I know they are not there ..." "I will look, but I am sure they are not there." "If you say so very well." "They are here, in my shoes." "You seem to have just gotten married." "Yes." "How long ago?" "Five days." " Five days or five months?" " Five days!" "The night of the earthquake?" "No, the next day." "Eh, stop splashing the water!" "I was watering the flowers, I'm sorry!" "You can water them, but look to see if someone is standing below!" " I'm sorry!" " It's not important!" "So many people are burried in the debris, that a few drops of water are not going to hurt me ..." "Tell me ..." "You must not have many victims in your family, since the marraige was the day after." "Well yes there were." "Cousins, uncles, aunts ..." "Inall, there had to be 25 deaths ..." "No!" "25 no!" "65!" " You have to say 65." " 65?" "But I swear that I only lost 25!" "In any case, say 65." " We need another roll." " Hossein are you ready?" "Go back up." "Esmail, untie the cords." "We will keep the awning." "The shade has to be there." "Mrs. Shiva, a piece of paper, please." "Thanks." "Whose pen is this?" "We've never had an occasion to laugh together, nor to chat together." "I have only spoken with your mother and your grandmother." "But the older people do not understand the feelings of the young." "They have forgotten youth." "I want to know ... ifyourheart..." "is with me or not." "That is, read your book and don't pay any attention to them." "They are working on directing." "They will not pay attention to us." "If you don't want to say yes, turn a page in your book." "That will be my answer." "The problem, I think, is the house." "I will go see the owner" "I will speak with him so he will sell me this house." "It will not cost much." "We can live here because it will bring us luck." "Even since we arrived, they brought flowers, flowers to welcome us." "We no longer need the sack of plaster." "We are done with it." "I will ask them for that plaster and I will buy two sacks more." "I will turn this house into a beautiful place." "There I will put a window." "When you wake in the morning, you could open it, and the mountains across the way will cheer your heart." "I swear I won't return to work as a bricklayer." "If I do it, it will only be for you." "But I want to know if your heart is with me." "Do not worry about the others." "If you turn the page," "I will have my answer." "Mr. Jafarian, we're rolling." "Are you ready?" "Sound." "Camera." "Scene 14, shot 1, take 4." "Action!" " Hossein!" "Hossein!" " Yes." "Why don't you say anything?" "Are you sleeping?" "We're going!" "Talk!" "." "Tahereh!" "Where are my white socks?" "Look in your clothes!" "I already looked!" "They are not there." "Perhaps they are by the fireplace." "They are not there." "I don't know what you do with my things!" "You must have put them in your shoes." "In my shoes?" "I don't think so." "But if you say so, very well." "I will look in my shoes." "Here are my white socks!" "You look like you have just gotten married." "Yes." "How long ago?" "Five days." "Five days or five months?" "Five days!" "Oh it was the night of the earthquake?" "The next day." "Eh, stop splashing water!" "I'm sorry, I was watering the flowers." "You can water them, but make sure that no one is standing below." "Of course." "I'm sorry." "Don't yell at her." "So many people are burried in the debris, that a few drops of water are not going to hurt me ..." "You must not have many victims in your family, if you were married the day after." "Well yes there were." "Cousins, uncles, aunts ..." "In all, there were 65 deaths ..." "I thought that if I waited for the approval of the elders, one would say that I had to wait" "until the third day of mourning, or the seventh, or the fourtieth, even all year!" "If I had listened to them, we would have to wait a long time." "So we decided to get married, to move here, and to be done with it." " You came here?" " Yes ..." "No, not here ..." "We have been here three days." "In the beginning, we lived under a plastic sheet." "What?" "A sheet of plastic?" "What do you mean by plastic?" "I bought a layer of plastic intended for the rice fields." "But used it for something else." "We used the plastic to protect us from the rain." "And we lived underneath it." " Was that the nuptial suite?" " Yes." " And then what did you do ..." " And then what did you do ..." " To obtain food?" " To obtain food?" "We did not have anything, no plates, nothing." "I thought we could go see where we lived before, to see if we could find something." "I looked in the debris, and found a pot, a plate, and a pair of spoons." "We washed them ..." "and we took them to our plastic refuge." "Soon I went to the bazaar, to see if I could find something to eat." "I saw two emergency service trucks parked next to the highway." "In one they had tents and in the other tomatoes." "We arrived too late for the tents, but we got some tomatoes." "We washed them." "I made a wooden spike and put the tomatoes on it," "I roasted them and we ate them." " A nuptial banquet?" " Yes ..." "Cut!" "That was good." "We're finished." "Thanks to everyone." "Hossein, do the favor of bringing us tea." " Take one." " No, thanks." "He said, to bring the box." "This is as it will be." "Sometimes I will serve the tea, and sometimes you will." "This is the way ..." "that I see marriage." "And this is life!" " Hossein!" " Yes?" "Mr. Nazari?" "Put one of the flowerpots here." "These are very dry." "Hossein, see how to lend us a hand." "Hossein is tired." "Let him rest." "Mr. Hossein does not want to soil his hands with bricks and shovels." "We should all be equal." "He has decided to be a bricklayer no longer." "Mrs. Shiva is right," "I swore to never do that work again." "If I return to do it, it will only be for you." "It is not bad work today." "You could make 1,500 toumans a day, more than a doctor." "1,500 toumans a day equals 45,000 a month." "We could use 10,000 for your studies and transportation and we would still have left ..." " Hossein?" " Yes." " Where are you?" " Here." " Where is your jacket?" " It is down there." " Find it and put it on." " Okay." " More quickly." " Okay." "Ready?" " Sound." " Recording." "Camera." " Scene 14, shot 2, take 1." " Action!" "Do they know those who died?" "While we live, we should make a family." "The next earthquake might kill all of us." " Am I mistaken, Sir?" " No." "Look, you're forgetting this." "Cut!" "Why "look"?" "He has a name, no?" ""Mr. Hosein."" "Say: "Mr. Hossein, you're forgetting this." That is all." "Let's do it again." "Scene 14, shot 2, take 2." "Action!" "Do they know those who died?" "While we live, we have to make a family." "The next earthquake may kill all of us." " Am I mistaken, Sir?" " No, you are right." "Hossein, you're forgetting this." "Still ... whydo youdoit?" "Tahereh, it is not "Hossein," but "Mr. Hossein."" "Do it again." " Ready?" " Sound." " Recording." " Camera." "Shot 2, take 3." "Action!" "Do they know those who died?" "While we're alive, we should make a family." "The next earthquake might kill all of us." " Am I mistaken, Sir?" " No, you are right." "Hossein, you are forgetting this." "Cut!" "Why "Hossein"?" "You have to say Mr. Hossein!" "How many times do I have to tell it to you?" "Shot 2, take 4." "Do they know those who died?" "While we live we should make a family." "The next earthquake might kill all of us." " Am I mistaken, Sir?" " No, you are right." "Hossein, you're forgetting this." "Cut!" "Tahereh, you continue to say "Hossein"!" "I have already told you that you have to say, "Mr. Hossein."" "Shot 2, take 5." "Do they know how many died?" "While we live, we need to make a family." "The next earthquake might kill all of us." " Am I mistaken, Sir?" " No, you are right." "Hossein, you are forgetting this." "Cut!" "She continues to say it wrong!" "Excuse me sir, but, I know that ..." "some women here have stopped saying "Sir" to their husbands." "Tahereh may not say it either." "I do not think that it is unconvincing." "No, no it will not be unconvincing." " Another time?" " No." " That is all?" " Yes." "Thanks, everyone." "We're going to collect everything." "Thanks, Mr. Jafarian." "Hossein, take the glasses to the car." "It is getting late." "Tahereh, get your book." "You're finished." " Me?" " Yes." "You're not going to say your part correctly." "Where are the children from Ahmadpour?" "Put your flowerpots in the car." "Tahereh, take your flowerpot also." "Do you know which one it is?" "Don't take a different one." "Hurry and take your flowerpots." "Wait, set that down before Tahereh." "Put them behind." "We're going already." "Run, children, go quickly." "Have you found your flowerpots?" "How many did you have, Babak?" " I had two." " Don't dawdle, we're leaving." "I had one with two red flowers." "It is not here!" "Then look for it, but be quick." "It's not the one in the corner?" "There." "Take it, there in the corner." "Be careful not to break the stem." "Put it in the back." "Where is Mr. Nazari?" " Has the minibus arrived?" " It's in the road." "Tahereh, put this in back and take a seat, I am going already." "Hossein, change your shoes and gather the flowerpots." "Okay." "We're going to remove the awning." "Hossein, do me a favor, untie the cords." "We're going to remove the awning." "Okay, Sir." "Can you serve us tea?" "I'm finished doing it!" "Yes, but Reza drank mine." "Guys, Hossein is tired, leave him in peace." "Put the glasses in the car and get in." "Mr. Karimi, don't put that in the car." "Wait for the minibus." "But in the minibux, it's not going to have a place." "What are we doing Mr. Panahi?" "The children go in first." "The minibus will not arrive late." "The children go in first." "The minibus will not arrive late." "We have to be organized and professional." "Three can ride in the minibus, with the flowerpots on their laps and still be comfortable." "If only your things were not so heavy!" "Why do you not think about anything?" "We must be professional!" "Why this shed?" "Just in case it rains." "It's necessary to be prepared for the unexpected." "The children have exams." "We must take them home quickly." "Mrs. Shiva?" "Mr. Panahi ..." "The girl has gone!" " Who has gone?" " Tahereh." "Tahereh, wait, we took you." "It is very far." "I know a short cut." "The minibus will arrive in five minutes." "Hossein, do you not see that we are discussing the transportation?" "You are young." "You can walk." "Go!" "Tahereh!" "Tahereh ..." "I cannotcome back to see you." "If you want to answer me, do it now." "No, don't listen to your grandmother." "The old think only of rich men with houses and factories." "They think only about them." "But intelligence and understanding are also important." "You do not have a father or mother." "You need a good husband." "Not some old nut." "I want to live with you." "I'm not trying to decieve you." "God as witness, it is not your beauty, nor any other thing, I only want what you have ..." "a place in life, and for you to be free from worrying." "Come, we will live together, elbow to elbow." "Answer me." "You have a language!" "God gave you to respond to someone like me." "If you do not want to answer, then, I want an explanation of that look you gave me in the cemetary." "That look dragged me and made me follow you all this time until you give me an answer." "I want your answer, not your grandmother's." "I don't want to return to talk to her." "I don't want to return to see her." "When she married, or when your parents, God bless them, married, did they have a house?" "No!" "We will work." "We will build a new house." "Your grandmother says that without a house, I will not find a wife." "I will work, and little by little, we also will have a house." "I am as able as anyone." "I am not worse than anyone, and I assure you that we can live together, and the people will envy us." "We are as good as anyone!" "Who has a house here!" "Tell me who?" "Did they have a house when they were married?" "Not even the rich ones." "When they marry they do not have houses." "They live with their parents they live with their parents for a while, and they look for a house." "One must work hard." "One must be brave." "The director said so." "The dead, they knew?" "He must know." "He studied in the city." "In Teheran." "It is a great city." "He studied." "He knows what he says." "Listen to him." "He is reasonable." "You must admit it." "Even if you do not agree." "Do something!" "React!" "Give me an answer today." "The filming is finished, and I will not return to see you." "If you do not answer me today," "I will not return to bother you." "Answer me." "If you want me, say:" ""Yes, I love you."" "And if no, explain to me that look." "That glance you threw me in the cemetary." "Since that glance, I have pursued you." "I have been telling myself that you wanted me, but that you were scared of your grandmother!" "There are girls more beautiful than you!" "Better than you!" "I could marry anyone, but I will not do it!" "I want to marry you, you, who has neither father nor mother." "What do you think?" "You don't speak." "At least let me carry your flowerpot." "If I knew that it was yours," "I would water it." "I would not allow" "Mohammad to touch it." "Do you have a heart of stone or what?" "You have a heart of stone!" "Do you think only of how you look?" "I do it for you, to give you a future." "Hossein can have piles of women ..." "I can find them anywhere." "Tahereh, please, answer me." "If someone saw us together, they would think we were engaged." "No one would suppose that you do not want to answer or that you do not have a language!"