A Separation
Iranian drama, winner of Best Foreign Language Film at the 2012 Academy Awards and Golden Globes, and Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival 2011. "A middle-class Iranian couple, already in the midst of an unpleasant separation, find themselves drawn into a web of half-truths and manipulation after the husband hires a lower-class caretaker for his Alzheimer's-stricken, elderly father. Writer-director Asghar Farhadi has created a complex drama... that teases out the intricacies and contradictions of modern Iranian society." (Melbourne International Film Festival 2011)
Year: 2011
Genre: Alice's 500 Greatest Films, Drama, African & Middle Eastern, Film Festivals 2011, Theo's Favourites
Country: Iran
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Starring: Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi
Duration: 113 Minutes
Rating: PG - Contains low level offensive language
Subtitles: Yes
8.3/10
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