As she roams the streets of Tehran in her car, a recently divorced woman chauffeurs a rotating cast of passengers. Among those who set foot inside her cab include her combative young son, a heartbroken wife abandoned by her husband, and a defiant young sex worker going about her job.

Experimenting with the possibilities of digital video for the first time, Abbas Kiarostami turns a simple premise into one of the most inventive, inspired, and acclaimed works of 21st-century cinema. As conceptually bold as it is rigorous, Ten’s minimalist design contains multitudes.