The Deserted Station

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The Deserted Station

Released Aug 29, 2002

1h 33m

Drama

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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.

Empire Magazine

Rated: 4/5

Apr 1, 2006

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

It's not often you encounter a film that's simultaneously as tedious and moving as The Deserted Station.

Rated: B

Dec 11, 2004

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

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.

Rated: 3.5/4

Dec 3, 2004

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Kam Williams

Upstage Magazine

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.

Rated: 4/4

May 7, 2007

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Maria Garcia

Film Journal International

Excessively enigmatic, Deserted Station nevertheless provides an allegory for modern-day Iran.

Jan 12, 2007

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Brian Gibson

Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta)

Kiarostami and Raisian conjure up the oppressive miasma clinging to women and kids in patriarchal Iran . . . offers startling images . . . [a] stubbornly ambiguous film.

Feb 18, 2006

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Audience Member

It's hard to know what (if anything) is happening during most of this movie... let alone why it's worth watching.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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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