Through the Olive Trees (Persian: زیر درختان زیتون, romanized: Zīr-e Derakhtān-e Zeytūn, lit.

Like much of Kiarostami's work, Through the Olive Trees is filmed in a naturalistic way; a complex study of the link between art and life, its narrative often blurs the boundaries between fiction and reality.

Outside the set of a film in which he is acting, he makes a marriage proposal to his leading lady, a student named Tahereh, who was orphaned by the Manjil-Rudbar earthquake.

The situation complicates further as Hossein still pursues the affections of the young actress while the film goes on.

In the 2012 Sight & Sound poll, six critics and four directors ranked Through the Olive Trees one of the 10 greatest films ever made.