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Name: A Separation
Released: 2011-3-16
Cast: Peyman Moadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, Leila Hatami, Sarina Farhadi

A Separation

PG-13
2h 3m
2011

99%

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Set in contemporary Iran, A SEPARATION is a compelling drama about the dissolution of a marriage. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin returns to her parents' home, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader. When Nader hires a young woman to assist with his father in his wife's absence, he hopes that his life will return to a normal state. However, when he discovers that the new maid has been lying to him, he realizes that there is more on the line than just his marriage.

Director:

Asghar Farhadi

Producer:

Asghar Farhadi

Writer:

Asghar Farhadi

Cast:

Peyman Moadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, Leila Hatami, Sarina Farhadi, Merila Zarei, Babak Karimi

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

99%

Critics Consensus: Morally complex, suspenseful, and consistently involving, A Separation captures the messiness of a dissolving relationship with keen insight and searing intensity.

Reviews

PopMatters

Angelos Koutsourakis

Equally important is that the film avoids oversimplistic condemnations of the Iranian regime, showing that oppression can be propagated unconsciously, even by those who are at the bottom of society.

It touches on a reality of life that transcends any political or cultural barrier while also offering some thought-provoking insight into the religious laws and social structure of that part of the world.

A Separation stimulates discussion about how the characters behave and how we feel about their choices.

February 21, 2022

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Battleship Pretension

David Bax

A Separation is an educational and sympathetic inside look at the way things work in Iran...

March 22, 2021

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