Ten (2002)

Ten sequences examine the emotional lives of women at significant junctures.

Director:

Abbas Kiarostami

Writer:

Abbas Kiarostami

Stars:

Mania Akbari, Amin Maher, Kamran Adl

2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Mania Akbari	...	Driver
Amin Maher	...	Amin
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kamran Adl
Roya Arabshahi
Amene Moradi
Mandana Sharbaf
Katayoun Taleizadeh

Storyline

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 women on her way to prayer and others, shed light on the lives and emotions of these women whose voices are seldom heard.

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Plot Keywords:

prayer | docudrama | prostitution | mother son relationship | religion | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

MK2 [fr] synopsis, infos, interview, photos and trailer (English, French) Southwestern University Filmmakers

Country:

France Iran USA

Language:

Persian

Release Date:

18 September 2002 (France)

Also Known As:

10

Filming Locations:

Tehran, Iran

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$10,559 (USA) (7 March 2003)

Gross:

$105,656 (USA) (6 June 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Abbas Kiarostami Productions, Key Lime Productions, MK2 Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min 91 min

Sound Mix:

DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ranked #447 in Empire magazines "the 500 greatest movies of all time" in 2008.

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Quotes

Prostitute: [to a Married woman] You are wholesailers. We are retailers.

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Connections

Referenced in 10 on Ten (2004)

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Soundtracks

"Walking In The Air"
Written and Performed by Howard Blake
© Chester Music Limited represented by Première Music Group

User Reviews

Beautiful film and simple Lesson of cinema.

The film shows ten rides of a female cab-driver in modern Teheran. The protagonist (a sunglasses-wearing beautiful woman) share a ride with her son, her sister, an old faithful lady, a prostitute and a female stranger. She discuss life and social issues, and repeatedly argue with her son about her recent divorce with the boy's dad.

The movie is technically interesting and well shaped.

---- Structure The film rolls the 10 sequences introduced by a a classic old school countdown which creates a sense of formal structure, giving the film an apparent "rigid" putting the audience as "analyst".

---- Camera and Sound Only two camera angles are used in the film (beside an odd little part where we see the prostitute outside of the car ...). And the sound is very basically real and full (city's life and traffic).

---- Content But above all, despise what some will say about the apparent boringness of the film, the content is amazingly absorbing. The issues raised are universal (divorce, women's position in society, love, despair, faith ...) and perfectly rendered by these non-actors.

One last point, the female protagonist is BEAUTIFUL !