The Experience (1973) poster
1973 · kanun · childhood · labour

The Experience

Directed by Abbas Kiarostami57m1973
ElsewhereIMDb7.0954TMDB6.618
  • sombre
  • measured
  • intimate
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Sombre, measured, measured kanun / childhood, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.

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The hard daily life of a kid working in a photo shop while trying to get closer to the girl he likes.

Our read · The Experience (1973) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded kanun · childhood · labour entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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You appreciate early Kiarostami's simple realistic look at a working kid's crush.

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 12attention 3/5breezes bysubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou need strong plots or fast pacing; this is quiet daily life.

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Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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