A Separation

7.9 2011 Asghar Farhadi 2h 3m
Drama
A Separation

A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.

Cast

Leila Hatami Leila Hatami Simin
Payman Maadi Payman Maadi Nader
Sareh Bayat Sareh Bayat Razieh
Sarina Farhadi Sarina Farhadi Termeh
Shahab Hosseini Shahab Hosseini Hojjat
Kimia Hosseini Kimia Hosseini Somayyeh
Ali-Asghar Shahbazi Ali-Asghar Shahbazi Nader's Father
Babak Karimi Babak Karimi Interrogator

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Vibes

Emotional Curious Deeply Moving Heart Pounding Hidden Gem

Double Feature Pairings

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Domestic guilt as thriller. Two films where the most terrifying thing is the truth a family is hiding from itself.

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