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And Life Goes On

1992 · 95 min

A quiet, humane road journey through devastation that finds resilience and everyday life amid loss.

Tagline: The Earth moved, we didn't!
Overview: After the earthquake of Guilan, a film director and his son travel to the devastated area to search for the actors from the movie the director made there a few years previously. In their search, they see how people who have lost everything in the earthquake still have hope and try to live life to the fullest.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
survival
family
healing
isolation
Places: countryside
road trip
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	2
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Abbas Kiarostami
Written by: Abbas Kiarostami
Starring: Farhad Kheradmand, Pouya Payvar, Hossein Rezai, Hocine Rifahi, Ferhendeh Feydi, Mahrem Feydi, Bahrovz Aydini, Ziya Babai
Cinematography: Homayun Payvar
Runtime: 95 min
Country: Iran
Languages: Persian

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