Koker () is a village in
Rostamabad, Gilan
Rostamabad ( fa, رستم آباد, also Romanized as Rostamābād and Rustamābād; formerly, Galūraz, Kalooraz, Kalūraz, and Kuluruz), is a city in the Central District of Rudbar County, in Gilan Province, northern Iran.
It is located on th ...
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Koker is a small mud-brick village which became famous through three films made by Abbas Kiarostami known as "Koker Trilogy".
In the early 1990s the well-known
Koker trilogy of films, directed by
Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami ( fa, عباس کیارستمی ; 22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in the production of ...
, were filmed in the village, which was devastated by the
1990 earthquake.
Populated places in Gilan Province
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