Abbas Kiarostami, figure capital of contemporary Iranian cinema, died today at age 76 in a hospital in the French capital, where he had traveled to undergo treatment to combat gastrointestinal cancer was diagnosed in March.
Between February and April, Kiarostami was hospitalized because of several intestinal surgeries in recent months and had to go to hospital because of their ailments. But given the difficulties of the healing process, finally last June 28 decided to leave for Paris to continue his treatment with medical specialists. Kiarostami His body will be transferred to Iran, he said the Iranian news agency ISNA.
Born in Tehran in 1940, Kiarostami was, in his youth, artist. He worked as a designer of posters and also filmed dozens of television commercials for his country. In 1969, at age 29, he began working in the Kanun-a center of intellectual development for children and young adults, where he led the audiovisual department, so he could make his own films. At that time he shot his first film, The report in 1977.
Also at that time, made a metrology -made by Where is the Friend’s Home (1987), and life continues (1992) through the olive Trees ( 1994) -. that catapulted him to international recognition
During the revolution in that country, unlike some of his contemporaries, Kiarostami chose to remain in Iran and tried to adjust his films to political censorship that prevailed then. The filmmaker used to say “A tree is tied, if you transfer yourself from one side to the other no longer bear fruit. If I had left my country, I just like the tree would have happened.”
Man of contrasts, Kiarostami caught in his films the great conflicts of humanity through almost trivial common stories. He won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1997 for his film Taste of Cherry and the Grand Jury Prize Venice Film Festival in 1999 for his film The Wind Will Carry Us , among others.
Just last week, along with 638 other filmmakers, was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of the United States, responsible for granting the Oscars.
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