Ten
Ten sequences examine the emotional lives of women at significant junctures.
Ten, the latest film by Iranian master filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, focuses on ten conversations between a female driver in Tehran and the passengers in her car. Her exchanges with her young son, a jilted bride, a prostitute, a woman on her way to prayer and others, shed light on the lives and emotions of these women whose voices are seldom heard.
Certificate: 12
Key cast / credits: Dir: Abbas Kiarostami
Starring Mania Akbari, Amin Maher, Roya Arabshahi, Katayoun Taleidzadeh, Mandana Sharbaf
Running time: 92 mins
Release date: September 2002
Country: Iran
Language: Farsi w/English subtitles
Format available: 35mm/digi
"A riveting drama that is testament to both the magnetism of the performers and to the audacity of Kiarostami's conception" Jonathan Romney, Screen International
"The film convinces us that here in all its ambiguities is life as it is." Julian Graffy, Sight & Sound