Separation
‘A Separation’ could hardly be more concrete, or contemporary, or dramatic.
A Separation
Set in contemporary Iran, A Separation is a compelling drama about the dissolution of a marriage. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin goes back to her parents', but Termeh decides to stay with Nader.
An Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film and Original Screenplay; a winner for Best Foreign Film.
Winner of the New York Film Critics Circle’s award for Best Foreign Film.
Winner of the National Board of Review’s award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Winner of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association prize for Best Screenplay of 2011.
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.
A Spirit Award winner for Best International Film.
An Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film and Original Screenplay; a winner for Best Foreign Film.
Winner of the New York Film Critics Circle’s award for Best Foreign Film.
Winner of the National Board of Review’s award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Winner of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association prize for Best Screenplay of 2011.
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.
A Spirit Award winner for Best International Film.
Genre
Drama
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Runtime
123
Language
Farsi
Director
Asghar Farhadi
Cast
Peyman Moaadi,
Sareh Bayat
Awards:
Winner, Best Foreign Film, New York Film Critics Circle
Winner, Best Foreign Language Film, National Board of Review
Winner, Best Foreign Film, Spirit Awards
Winner, Golden Bear, Berlin International Film Festival
Winner, Silver Bear, Berlin International Film Festival
Winner, Best Screenplay, Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Winner, Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Globes
Nominee, Best Writing (Original Screenplay), Academy Awards
Winner, Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards
MOREFEATURED REVIEW
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Divorce, an honest lawyer will tell you, is never the complete end of anything—and so, in the extraordinary A Separation, we meet two dividing parties as merely a prologue. Simin (Hatami) hopes for a better life abroad for her child; Nader (Moaadi), a bank clerk, is firm on not wanting to emigrate ...
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Claremont 5 2.24.12 - 3.15.12
NoHo 7 3.02.12 - 3.29.12
Monica Film Center 3.16.12 - 4.05.12
Lumiere Music Hall 4.06.12 - 4.12.12
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