I had read many good reports of this movie and went to see it given that it was a little different and that I hoped it might throw some light on its country of origin, Iran. In fact it illuminated nothing, although, given the static nature of the cameras, the scene filmed in the dark was almost light relief. I find nothing to recommend in this film, the setting was bad (the difficulties of filming in a moving car were so obvious, with the background changing mid-sentence), the characterisation was shallow and the dialogue (crucial in a film with static cameras) was extremely poor. There may have been a revelation at the end that threw the whole thing into a new light and turned it into a perceptive essay on everyday existence. I don't know, I had left the cinema long beforehand...., I had some paint to watch drying.
Review of Ten
