- Ten (film)
Infobox_Film
name = Ten
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director =Abbas Kiarostami
writer =Abbas Kiarostami
starring =Mania Akbari Amin Maher
released =2002
country =Iran
language =Persian
runtime =91 min
imdb_id =0301978
distributor ="Ten" ( _fa. ده) is a 2002
Iran ianfilm directed byAbbas Kiarostami and starringMania Akbari . It was nominated for thePalme d'Or at the 2002Cannes Film Festival .Plot
The film is divided into ten scenes, each of which depict a conversation between an unchanging female driver (played by Mania Akbari) and a variety of passengers as she drives around
Tehran . Her passengers include her young son (played by Akbari's real life son, Amin Maher), her sister, a bride, a prostitute, and a woman on her way to prayer. One of the major plots during the film is the driver's divorce from her (barely seen) husband, and the conflict that this causes between mother and son.Film details
Much of the cast were untrained as actors, and the film has an improvisatory element. Elements of the characters were based on the actual life of the main actress and her son. The film was recorded on two digital cameras, one attached to each side of a moving car, showing the driver and passenger respectively.
The film explores personal and social problems arising in Iranian society, particularly the problems of women.
ee also
*
List of Iranian films Bibliography
*Andrew, Geoff, "10" (London: British Film Institute, 2005).
External links
*imdb title|0301978|Ten
*Daniel Ross, [http://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast/20/10.html Review of Geoff Andrew, "10"]
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