A Separation (2011)

  • PG-13
  • 12/29/2011 (US)
  • Drama
  • 2h 3m

Ugly truth, sweet lies.

Overview

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.

Asghar Farhadi

Screenplay, Director

Cast

Leila Hatami's headshot

Leila Hatami

Simin
Payman Maadi's headshot

Payman Maadi

Nader
Sareh Bayat's headshot

Sareh Bayat

Razieh
Sarina Farhadi's headshot

Sarina Farhadi

Termeh
Shahab Hosseini's headshot

Shahab Hosseini

Hojjat
Kimia Hosseini's headshot

Kimia Hosseini

Somayyeh
Ali-Asghar Shahbazi's headshot

Ali-Asghar Shahbazi

Nader's Father
Babak Karimi's headshot

Babak Karimi

Interrogator

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