When a major earthquake hit Iran several years later. Kiarostami took a small crew to a village that had been destroyed by the quake, where they tried to find a group of children who would make audiences both laugh and cry. He filmed the documentary And Life Goes On to encourage the anguished Iranian people to get back up on their feet.
不料幾年後伊朗發生大地震，阿巴斯帶著工作小組，尋找片中被震毀的村落和那群令人歡笑落淚的小朋友，拍下《生生長流》這部紀錄片，以鼓舞伊朗民眾在震災後的傷痛中重新站起。