The read
It runs a compact 1h 17m.
Synopsis
After casting painter and video artist Mania Akbari as the central figure of his groundbreaking Ten (2002), and then witnessing her outstanding debut as a feature film director in 20 Fingers (2004), Abbas Kiarostami urged her to direct a sequel to the film. In Dah be alaveh Chahar (10 + 4), though, circumstances are different: Mania is fighting cancer. She has undergone surgery; she has lost her hair following chemotherapy and no longer wears the compulsory headscarf; and sometimes she is too weak to drive. So the camera follows her to record conversations with friends and family in different spaces, from the gondola she had famously used in her first feature to a hospital bed.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Mania AkbariDirector
Cast
- Mania Akbariherself
- Amina Maheracteur
- Behnaz Jafariactrice
Themes
woman directormedical drama