1973 · kanun · childhood · labour
The Experience
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami57m1973
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.
Sombre, measured, measured kanun / childhood, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intimate
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How The Experience feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You appreciate early Kiarostami's simple realistic look at a working kid's crush.”
Skip it tonight — You need strong plots or fast pacing; this is quiet daily life.
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