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  • A Separation
  • Opened December 30, 2011 | Runtime:2 hr 3 min
  • PG-13
    Mature Thematic Material
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 16+. Read More
  • Simin (Leila Hatami) wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader (Peyman Moadi) and daughter Termeh (played by the director’s daughter Sarina Farhadi). When Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father, Simin sues for divorce. Her Read More
  • Cast: Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi
  • Director: Asghar Farhadi
  • Genres: Ensemble Film, Drama

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  • Leila Hatami as Simin and Peyman Moaadi as Nader in "A Separation."
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  • Must Go!

    A++ But Tough to Watch

    by William Kent

    This movie deserved its Academy Award. Engrossing and emotionally honest, exceptional acting and production, but the emotions are so strong it is tough to watch. It is not popcorn entertainment, but more akin to reading a classic piece of tragic literature.

    I strongly recommend it, but not for casual fun. Go early and have dinner afterward to discuss it and allow yourself time to decompress.

    As a lawyer I found the courtroom and police department scenes fascinating - no lawyers in evidence but the legal and police processes seemed to work far better than the equivalent proceedings in the USA. The legal process seemed much more humane and civilized. In the United States our court system has taken on the appearance of due process while having lost the substance long ago, like so much in our society today, there is a cognitive dissonance between what we say and what we do, between reality and words. We could learn from Iran apparently in this respect.

  • Must Go!

    It's all in the details

    by kldavis

    I read an interview with the movie's creator before I read a review or saw the movie.I'm glad I did. He emphasized how subtle messages must be to make it past the censors, which changed how I watched the movie. Usually I go for the big picture. This story is all about the details.The bird's eye view it offers into the Iranian legal process, and that it ends up catching everyone involved in bending the truth, makes the story unfold like a mystery. It's fascinating. I'd see it again.

  • Must Go!

    So Far and Yet So Near

    by red carpet moviequeen

    A Separation provides the viewer with up close insight to a society seldom seen except through the distant lens of the media. At the same time it dwells on universal issues of family, loyalties, truths and half truths, religion and justice. One cannot help but feel that the film makers were using the family situations and characters as complex metaphors for the political and religious schisms in contemporary Iran. This is a moving and gripping film on so many levels and well deserves the accolades which it has received.

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Must Go! Avg. Critic Score 95 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern

    The members of the cast represent ensemble, naturalistic acting at its finest.

  • 100
    indieWIRE | Eric Kohn

    It's a frantic microcosm of life itself.

  • 100
    Time Out New York | Joshua Rothkopf

    The drama it might remind you most of, oddly enough, is "Six Degrees of...

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    The actors, as sometimes happens, create those miracles that can endow a film...

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