Is 'Zendegi Va Digar Hich' part of a trilogy?

Yes. It is the second film in Kiarostami's Koker Trilogy, which begins with Where Is My Friend's House? (1987) and concludes with Through the Olive Trees (1994). All three are set in the same northern Iranian village.

Koja bebinam 'Life and Nothing More' ba subtitle farsi?

K-Time streams the film with the original Persian audio. English subtitles are available. Sign in and watch directly from the web or your Android device — no VPN needed anywhere in the world.

Is this filme irani based on a true event?

Yes. The 1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake in Gilan province killed tens of thousands. Kiarostami drove into the affected area shortly after and turned that real journey into this semi-documentary narrative.

What is the IMDB rating of Zendegi Va Digar Hich?

The film holds a 7.9 out of 10 on IMDb, reflecting its critical standing as one of the landmark works of Iranian New Wave cinema and a key title in world cinema of the 1990s.

Zendegi Va Digar Hich

Name: Zendegi Va Digar Hich
Genre: Drama, Adventure
Released: 1992
Duration: 95 min
Cast: Farhad Kheradmand, Buba Bayour, Hocine Rifahi, Ferhendeh Feydi, Mahrem Feydi

Director: Abbas Kiarostami

Cast: Farhad Kheradmand, Buba Bayour, Hocine Rifahi, Ferhendeh Feydi, Mahrem Feydi

Zendegi Va Digar Hich (Life, and Nothing More...) is a 1992 Iranian drama-adventure film directed by Abbas Kiarostami, following a filmmaker and his young son as they drive through the earthquake-ravaged villages of Gilan province in northern Iran, searching for child actors from an earlier film.

What is Zendegi Va Digar Hich about?

Days after a devastating earthquake strikes northern Iran, a film director sets out with his son Puya on a road trip through the rubble of Gilan. Their stated mission is to find out whether the children who starred in the director's earlier village film survived the disaster. But as their car winds through cracked roads and collapsed hillsides, an unexpected portrait emerges — of communities already clearing debris, replanting gardens, and watching soccer on salvaged televisions. The journey becomes a meditation on ordinary endurance: why do people rebuild rather than flee? The film offers no tidy answer, letting each brief roadside encounter carry its own quiet weight.

The K-Time take

Kiarostami shot the film on location just weeks after the real 1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake, and the documentary grain of the images lends the drama an urgent authenticity. The director-within-the-film device is characteristically understated — Kiarostami is interested less in the search than in what the search reveals about human persistence.

Cast & crew

Abbas Kiarostami directs and also conceived the semi-autobiographical premise. Farhad Kheradmand plays the filmmaker protagonist, bringing a low-key naturalism that suits Kiarostami's style of blurred fiction and documentary. Buba Bayour plays the son Puya. The remaining cast — Hocine Rifahi, Ferhendeh Feydi, Mahrem Feydi, Bahrovz Aydini, Ziya Babai, and Mohamed Hocinerouhi — largely portray earthquake survivors as themselves.

Context & significance

This film is the second part of Kiarostami's Koker Trilogy, a loose triptych that began with Where Is My Friend's House? (1987) and concluded with Through the Olive Trees (1994). For Iranian diaspora viewers the trilogy carries particular resonance: it captures rural Iranian life with an intimacy rarely seen in mainstream cinema, and the earthquake backdrop grounds what could be abstract humanism in specific, recognizable geography. The film was completed two years after the actual 1990 disaster and stands as one of the defining works of Iranian New Wave cinema — a movement that influenced filmmakers worldwide and remains a touchstone of Persian cultural identity abroad.

Where & how to watch

Life, and Nothing More... is available on K-Time with original Persian audio and English subtitles. Stream directly on the web, on your Android TV, or on your Android phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Cancel anytime.