The Deserted Station
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75 out of 100

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  • Summary: Based on a concept the director and Abbas Kiarostami developed on a photography trip together, a man and a young woman are stranded in a remote village after their car breaks down. The photographer and the sole adult male inhabitant, a schoolteacher, leave to get help while the young woman, herself childless, bonds with the children whose parents are nowhere to be found. (First Run Features)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    Intimate and engaging.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Tasha Robinson
    80
    Deserted Station plays out like a dream, but Raisian moves comfortably between fantasy and nightmare, real and surreal.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    80
    It never fails to come as a shock to find how profoundly moving it all is when these gentle films draw to their graceful conclusions.
  4. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Fred Camper
    60
    The film's relaxed pace, unassuming tone, and respect for its characters all recall the films of Abbas Kiarostami, who provided the story idea, but director Ali Reza Raisian adds a slightly more dramatic and emotional edge.

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  1. ArunodayS.
    9
    Best thing about the film is that at no point it forces the emotions out of its audience. All the actors too did very well, by looking completely ordinary and a part of the setting. I would place this film away from 'good' and keep it in a pile of 'better' cinema.… Expand

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