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2002 · drama · iranian

Ten

Directed by Abbas Kiarostami1h 34m2002
ElsewhereIMDb7.49kRT85%Metacritic86TMDB7.3136
  • sombre
  • measured
  • intimate
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Sombre, measured, gentle drama / iranian, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A visual social examination in the form of ten conversations between a driving woman and her various pick-ups and hitchhikers.

Our read · Ten (2002) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · iranian entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You crave dialogue-only Kiarostami, Iranian women's lives, and quiet car truths.

ends warmit stays with youmeditativegrips from the openattention 5/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
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Skip it tonightYou need plot, action, or anything beyond ten static conversations tonight.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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