Ten (2002)

Interesting facts

Ten is a 2002 Iranian docufiction film starring Mania Akbari and Amina Maher. It was released with Abbas Kiarostami credited as the director; however, his role in the film and the source of the footage have been disputed by Akbari since 2020.

Production

Kiarostami has characterized Ten as a fiction film, an account disputed by Akbari since 2020. According to Kiarostami, the scenarios were originally written as psychologist conducting sessions out of her car while her office is being renovated. This premise was altered after it was deemed unworkable. He stated in one interview that he used an earpiece under Akbari's veil to guide her in the conversations.

In August 2020, Akbari accused Kiarostami of plagiarism, stating that Ten consisted of footage shot by her. According to Akbari, she recorded 120 hours of video for a personal project. Akbari was not planning to use the content for a film, and she stated that "none of the women involved in the film ever received a single cent for their participation in 10." Kiarostami told her he was interested in developing it into a script.

Adl confirmed that Kiarostami invited him to be in the film and shot his scenes. He responded that he believed Akbari's claims to be frivolous. Amina Maher created the 2019 short film Letter to My Mother, in which she said that her scenes from Ten were filmed without her knowledge. The end credits for Ten list the cast and crew's names without specifying their role on the film.

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