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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:21
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.8/10
Theatrical Release:Dec 3, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: Based on a concept the director and Abbas Kiarostami developed on a photography trip together, a man and a young woman (Leila Hatami of Leila) are stranded in a remote village after their car... [More]
A sweet, little unpretentious slice-of-life flick from Iran which, while highlighting the arid region's visually-arresting, utter desolation, ever so subtly hints at the tension between a simmering feminism and traditional Muslim values.
Excessively enigmatic, Deserted Station nevertheless provides an allegory for modern-day Iran.
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Kiarostami and Raisian conjure up the oppressive miasma clinging to women and kids in patriarchal Iran . . . offers startling images . . . [a] stubbornly ambiguous film.
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It's not often you encounter a film that's simultaneously as tedious and moving as The Deserted Station.
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Like all of Iranian cinema, Deserted Station is marked by unaffected, neo-realist performances, particularly by Nezam Manouchehri as the testy and uncertain husband, and Leila Hatami as his quietly sad wife.
Top CriticThe sweet script, crisp direction and a delightful performance by Leila Hatami, as the sad-eyed wife, should put Deserted Station on your must-see list.
Top CriticA poignant parable about the role of women in Islamic society.
Top CriticA bluntly heart-tugging city-mouse, country-mouse fable from Iran.
Top CriticIntimate and engaging.
It is filled with feeling and far from sentimental or cloying, with a beautiful score enhancing the melancholia.
Hardcore Kiarostami devotees may miss the master's harsher clarity, but Hatami, best known for her starring role in Dariush Mehrjui's Leila, makes her character's inner transformation both subtle and palpable.
Top CriticThis deeply humanistic drama is strongly reminiscent of the earlier, less self-referential films of Abbas Kiarostami.
Heavy on symbolic visuals and told in slowly and quietly unfolding nonevent action, it's a moving and gentle study of lingering grief and sexual politics.
A spare plot that's 'relaxed' if 'relaxed' means that it moves as quickly as molasses climbing up a tree in January.
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It's a simple enough setup, but Raisian packs so much into it that multiple viewings may be necessary.
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