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  • 2004
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2004
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 28 m

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 whos...

Directed By: Alireza Raisian

Written By: Abbas Kiarostami, Kambuzia Partovi

  • 2004
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2004
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 28 m

The Deserted Station

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
75
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
7.8
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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 whos...

Directed By: Alireza Raisian

Written By: Abbas Kiarostami, Kambuzia Partovi

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
75
92% Positive
11 Reviews
8% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
75
92% Positive
11 Reviews
8% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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100
Intimate and engaging.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
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.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
80
Compelling underlying oddness may be enough to distinguish Deserted Station from similarly excellent humanistic Iranian fare.
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75
For filmgoers who like dramas that are spare yet evocative, that focus on the subtleties of relationships, and that feature foreign settings completely off the beaten path, Deserted Station will be a masterpiece.
By Jonathan Curiel FULL REVIEW
70
If repetition has stripped Iran's post-revolutionary cinema of some of its modish luster, The Deserted Station is still a valuable addition to a literature whose characteristics are now internationally well-established.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
70
Both intensely thoughtful and wonderful to look at.
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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.
By Fred Camper FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
7.8
75% Positive
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Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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75% Positive
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0% Mixed
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25% Negative
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Production Company Farabi Cinema Foundation, Iranian Independents
Release Date Dec 3, 2004
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://sourehcinema.com/Title/Title.aspx?id=138112180009
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Awards

Montréal World Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Fajr Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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