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A Separation
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Cast
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| Leila Hatami | ... | ||
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Razieh
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Hojjat
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Merila Zare'i | ... |
Miss Ghahraii
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Ali-Asghar Shahbazi | ... |
Nader's Father
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Interrogator
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Somayeh
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Sahabanu Zolghadr | ... |
Azam
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Mohammadhasan Asghari | ... |
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Shirin Azimiyannezhad | ... |
Woman in the Bus
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Hamid Dadju | ... |
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Nader ('Peyman Moaadi' ) and Simin (Leila Hatami) argue about living abroad. Simin prefers to live abroad to provide better opportunities for their only daughter, Termeh. However, Nader refuses to go because he thinks he must stay in Iran and take care of his father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi), who suffers from Alzheimers. However, Simin is determined to get a divorce and leave the country with her daughter. Written by Amin Davoodi
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Country:
IranLanguage:
PersianRelease Date:
16 March 2011 (Iran) See more »Also Known As:
A Separation See more »Filming Locations:
Tehran, IranBox Office
Budget:
$500,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$59,481 (USA) (30 December 2011)Gross:
$7,098,492 (USA) (15 June 2012)Company Credits
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Caught "A Separation" in Amsterdam last night, fully unprepared for its greatness. I hadn't been swept off my feet for a while, but this Iranian Hitchcockian drama sucked us in for 123 minutes and left us very, very impressed.
I'm mainly writing this review to assure every non-Iranian IMDb-reader that you absolutely SHOULD see "A Separation". I will be shocked if this movie doesn't win an Academy Award. The acting is great, and the script is probably the best I've seen in five years. The genius of Asghar Farhadi's story is that it piles on the tension and drama without resorting to fireworks, trickery or shock and awe plot effects. It also manages to perfectly balance the plights of several protagonists. Very few screenwriters have this capacity.
If this movie reminds me of anything, it is "Ladri di Biciclette" (Bicycle Thieves), which has a similar seemingly "simple" story setup. But then "A Separation" is much more developed, much more complex, much richer. Go see it.