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The Deserted Station

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A photographer (Nezam Manouchehri) and his wife (Leila Hatami) seek help at the nearest village when their car breaks down en route to Tehran. There they find a teacher, Feizollah (Mehran Rajabi), overseeing a small group of scrappy children. While the men fix the car, the wife is left to care for the children and confront her own fears of parenthood. Over the course of the day, this childless woman and these motherless gamins form a bond that will change them forever.

Critics Reviews

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly 12/11/2004
B
It's not often you encounter a film that's simultaneously as tedious and moving as The Deserted Station. Go to Full Review V.A. Musetto New York Post 12/03/2004
3.5/4
The 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. Go to Full Review Robert Dominguez New York Daily News 12/03/2004
2.5/4
A poignant parable about the role of women in Islamic society. Go to Full Review Kam Williams Upstage Magazine 05/07/2007
4/4
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. Go to Full Review Maria Garcia Film Journal International 01/12/2007
Excessively enigmatic, Deserted Station nevertheless provides an allegory for modern-day Iran. Go to Full Review Brian Gibson Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) 02/18/2006
Kiarostami and Raisian conjure up the oppressive miasma clinging to women and kids in patriarchal Iran . . . offers startling images . . . [a] stubbornly ambiguous film. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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08/28/2014 It's hard to know what (if anything) is happening during most of this movie... let alone why it's worth watching. See more 09/01/2010 Decent film by Alireza Raisian. I did not really enjoy watching it and was kind of boring. But, it has a wonderful ending, which I loved. Leila Hatami is good in the lead role. Watch it once. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Alireza Raisian

Director

Leila Hatami

The Wife

Nezam Manouchehri

The Husband

Mehran Rajabi

Feizollah

Mahmoud Pak Neeyat

The Signal Guard

Abbas Kiarostami

Writer

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Movie Info

Synopsis A photographer (Nezam Manouchehri) and his wife (Leila Hatami) seek help at the nearest village when their car breaks down en route to Tehran. There they find a teacher, Feizollah (Mehran Rajabi), overseeing a small group of scrappy children. While the men fix the car, the wife is left to care for the children and confront her own fears of parenthood. Over the course of the day, this childless woman and these motherless gamins form a bond that will change them forever.
Director
Alireza Raisian
Producer
Hossein Zandbaf
Screenwriter
Abbas Kiarostami, Kambuzia Partovi
Distributor
First Run Features
Production Co
Farabi Cinema Foundation
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Persian
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 29, 2002, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 3, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA)
$18.9K
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
Stereo
Aspect Ratio
35mm