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Mania Akbari, Amin Maher, Roya Arabshahi, Katayoun Taleidzadeh, Mandana Sharbaf ... see more see more... , Amene Moradi

Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami uses the casual setting of one woman's automobile as the setting for a subtle but potent look at gender issues in the Middle East. Mania Akbari plays a... read more read more... nameless woman who, over the course of several days, gives a number of friends, family members, and acquaintances a ride in her car across town, among them her young son who is still upset over his parent's recent divorce; her sister; a close friend who has just been abandoned by her boyfriend; an older woman on her way to a worship service; another friend soon to be married; and a veteran streetwalker. As the woman and her passengers ride through Tehran, their conversations cast a light on her views of herself, as well as the ways other women view themselves and the larger world around them. Director Kiarostami shot Ten using two small digital video cameras, one of which was mounted on the car's dashboard, the other in a fixed position in the back seat, using this purposefully stark approach to keep the focus on the characters and their ideas. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: Abbas Kiarostami

Release Date: March 5, 2003

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DVD Release Date: November 2, 2004

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  • fb100002359227440
    May 7, 2011
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    Totalmente realista! uma visão do mundo reprimido das mulheres iranianas. Um grande debate sobre a sociedade, que ocorre todo dentro de um carro. Prende o espectador atà (C) o fim e o faz refletir sobre as questões contemporânias. Feito de forma bem simples, o filme à (C) ins... read morepirador e maravilhoso.
  • RossCollinsUK
    May 29, 2007
    RossCollinsUK
    Hmmm... a bit too arty for me! Filmed like a home video and entirely shot in one Iranian women's car, this film explores both Iranian and womens' life through her various passengers.
  • gator681
    June 30, 2005
    gator681
    [font=Century Gothic]"Ten" is a collection of digitally shot vignettes centered around an unknown driver in Iran. She is in her 30's, been divorced and remarried and has one of the most annoying children on record as one of her passengers. In each of the vignettes, there is a pas... read moresenger that the driver carries on a conversation with. The movie takes place over a series of days, each of which might be a Friday.[/font]

    [font=Century Gothic]Nearly all of the Iranian films I have seen over the past few years I have liked. The lone exception to this is "A Taste of Cherry", also directed by Abbas Kiarostami. I now understand what I don't like about that movie - it is about a man who drives around looking for someone to help him to commit suicide. This is the most important decision this person will ever make but it is handled so matter of factly and without emotion, it's not very credible. A few years later, Kiarostami has not moved on - "Ten" is also about a random person driving around except it almost seems like a lost episode of "Taxicab Confessions". The only segment that has any resonance is one involving a prostitute. There is very little depth here. This might have worked had it been set in Los Angeles, perhaps as a comment on automobile culture. And it definitely would have helped if the whole movie had taken place during a single day.[/font]
  • lesleyanorton
    April 15, 2010
    lesleyanorton
    Documentary about a woman taxi driver's life in Tehran, told solely by filming conversations between her and her passengers over a 48-hour period. Taxi-drivers do love to talk so.
  • demondoll
    May 13, 2008
    demondoll
    I've reviewed this film on my blog already. However, I will add one thing here. This is very well directed, very emotional, very personal, and one cannot help but be jealous of the director.

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Critic Reviews

Wesley Morris
July 10, 2003
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

A major minimalist departure for Kiarostami. Full Review

Peter Howell
May 9, 2003
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

A very interesting film, despite structural limitations that keep it from approaching greatness. Full Review

Jonathan Curiel
May 9, 2003
Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle

A rare chance for viewers to eavesdrop on everyday talk in Tehran that, although fictionalized, must approximate what really happens in Iran's busy capital. Full Review

Liam Lacey
May 9, 2003
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Ten may strain your patience but that's the high-stakes gamble of this provocative project. Full Review

Manohla Dargis
April 25, 2003
Manohla Dargis, Los Angeles Times

A conceptual tour de force and a brainiac's road movie, Abbas Kiarostami's Ten goes from chilly abstraction to hot emotion in less than 60 seconds. Full Review

Desson Thomson
April 18, 2003
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

It shows us, in an extraordinarily simple way, the hopes and frustrations of one woman's life. Full Review

Ann Hornaday
April 18, 2003
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

Very soon it's clear that even from a camera trained on the front seat of a car, an amazingly full and complex portrait of Iranian life can emerge. Full Review

Tom Long
April 11, 2003
Tom Long, Detroit News

Stark, experimental and surprisingly affecting.

Roger Ebert
April 11, 2003
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

No ordinary moviegoer, whether Iranian or American, can be expected to relate to [Kiarostami's] films. They exist for film festivals, film critics and film classes. Full Review

John Monaghan
April 11, 2003
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press

Ten has been praised as a further distillation of Kiarostami's already minimalist cinema. That's true enough, even if his movies still have a tendency to make us carsick.

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