Koker
Encyclopedia
Koker is a village
in northern Iran
. In the early 1990s the well known Koker trilogy
of films were filmed in the village, which was devastated by the 1990 earthquake
.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in northern Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. In the early 1990s the well known Koker trilogy
Koker trilogy
Koker trilogy refers to a series of three films directed by Abbas Kiarostami.Koker trilogy refers to Where Is the Friend's Home? , And Life Goes On and Through the Olive Trees . The designation was done by film theorists and critics...
of films were filmed in the village, which was devastated by the 1990 earthquake
Earthquake
An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time...
.