Just hearing about it is not enough for this drama. That is because his work is so deceptively simple in dialogue and structure and so achingly complex in the emotional truths that emerge from his stories. He is astonished when he discovers she was cast as his wife in the movie. Kiarostami shot this in Kroker, a region that was devastated by an earthquake. He already had made Where Is The Friend's Home there in 1987 and returned after the earthquake to find out what happened to the children he filmed.
Reality merges with fiction that was inspired by reality.
As the young couple, Hossein Rezai and Tahereh Ladania, play parts. The banality and the humor and the sadnesses and the little triumphs are all just the way life is - everywhere. Kiarostami's gift is making these moments precious.