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20 Fingers

2004 · 74 min

A raw, talk-heavy chamber piece of long takes where intimate arguments simmer and the viewer is pulled into the friction.

Directed by
Mania Akbari
Genres
Drama
Overview
The subject of the film is male-female relationships. Composed of 7 vignettes, "20 Fingers" features Mania Akbari and Bijan Daneshmand as a contemporary Iranian couple. The film is an intense, bumpy series of conversations and sometimes quarrels reflecting the problems facing Iranian men and women and the struggle between modernism and tradition, liberalism and conservatism.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Gender, identity, family, love
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Directed by
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Genres
Drama
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism9
    Romance4
    Tension6
    Darkness5
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight7

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Mania Akbari
    Written by
    Mania Akbari
    Starring
    Mania Akbari, Bijan Daneshmand
    Cinematography
    Touraj Aslani
    Runtime
    74 min
    Country
    Iran
    Languages
    Persian

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