Kiarostami and Love on the Iranian Screen

“The thinking of love, so ancient, so abundant, and diverse in its forms and in its modulation, asks for an extreme reticence as soon as it is solicited.” Jean-Luc Nancy, “Shattered Love,” The Inoperative Community   “For me the beauty of art resides in the reactions that it causes.” Abbas Kiarostami, “Statement on Ten 10,”