• And Life Goes On

8/30/23 (Wed)

The alternative English title of this 1992 work is “Life and Nothing Else”, which appears (courtesy of Google Translate) to be the literal translation of the Persian. The official English title is taken from a line in the film.

The director revisited the location of his 1987 film Where Is the Friend’s House? after the colossal earthquake that decimated the area in 1990 to confirm if the children in the film were safe. His experience led him to turn that quest itself into a documentary of sorts. Continue reading →