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9 April 2004 (UK)
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On a pilgrimage to Mashad from Tehran, a couple's transportation breaks down, far from any major town...
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Symbolism is well and good, but first the story has to work
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(Credited cast) | Leila Hatami | ... | The Wife |
| Nezam Manouchehri | ... | The Husband |
| Mehran Rajabi | ... | Feizollah |
| Mahmoud Pak Neeyat | ... | The Signal Guard |
| Mohsen Behdaneh | ||
| Mohammad Beigy |
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The Deserted Station (International: English title)
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Canada:93 min (Montréal World Film Festival) | USA:88 min
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The story has to work on its surface first, and this barely does. The editing back and forth between the husband and the wife is not well timed and not tied together. The characters look like they should be very interesting, but somehow they aren't so much. The connections between people that show up aren't particulary gripping or engaging, and the scene at the end simply doesn't work, physically or emotionally. Also, this being filmed in the desert with rather light-colored scenery, it can be extremely hard to read the white subtitles at times.
Good points are stunning desert scenery (although it looks a lot less remote and deserted than plenty of places right here in Oregon), decent acting, and good metaphors about Iranian life.