Ten

Date:: 12 Aug 2026, 19:30–21:15

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A close-up look at unfreedom in a road movie set in Iran torn by internal conflicts. Screening as part of the What’s with the Face? film programme.

2002, Abbas Kiarostami

Iran–United States–France
94 minutes, Persian with Russian subtitles

Starring: Mania Akbari, Amina Maher, Kamran Adl, Roya Akbari

The film is set in Tehran, inside a car. The camera remains there until the very last second, whilst the viewer becomes an invisible passenger, witnessing the conversations between the female taxi driver and her passengers. This car is not a time capsule, but a safe space, the last island of freedom where people can speak their minds and be heard.

Shot from Ten, 2002

This is extremely minimal cinema, with one camera, one take, and two people, only one of whom is on-screen.

—Jake Cole, Movie Mezzanine

Abbas Kiarostami gives a voice to the people and, through close-ups of them alone, pieces together a mosaic of the challenges facing today’s Iran. At the heart of it all is the face of Mania Akbari.

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