Deserted Station
From the Middle East & North Africa
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1h 29m
Directed by Alireza Raisian • Drama • With Leila Hatami • 2002 • 90 minutes
In this lyrical and intimately nuanced story conceived by Abbas Kiarostami and starring Leila Hatami (from Dariush Mehrjui's Leila), a photographer and his young wife are stranded in a remote Iranian village after their car breaks down. The only adult inhabitant leaves with the photographer to find help, while the woman takes over the duties of teaching the village children - whose parents are nowhere to be found.
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