A Separation

2011 Asghar Farhadi 2h 3m
Drama

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

Vibes

Emotional Curious Deeply Moving Heart Pounding Hidden Gem
The Filmatic Record No. 69 in The Filmatic 100

Double Feature Pairings

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