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A Separation

2011 film directed by Asghar Farhadi

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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.

Released: 2011-02-15123 minDir: Asghar FarhadiDrama

Cast

Leila Hatami as Simin
Payman Maadi as Nader
Sareh Bayat as Razieh
Sarina Farhadi as Termeh
Shahab Hosseini as Hojjat
Kimia Hosseini as Somayyeh

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Key facts

Directed by: Asghar Farhadi
Written by: Asghar Farhadi
Produced by: Asghar Farhadi
Starring: Leila Hatami Peyman Moaadi Shahab Hosseini Sareh Bayat Sarina Farhadi Babak Karimi Merila Zarei
Cinematography: Mahmoud Kalari
Edited by: Hayedeh Safiyari
Music by: Sattar Oraki
Distributed by: Filmiran
Release dates: 15 February 2011 ( 2011-02-15 ) ( Berlin ) 16 March 2011 ( 2011-03-16 ) (Iran)
Running time: 123 minutes
Country: Iran
Language: Persian
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Key dates

Published: 20 January 2012

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: film
Genre: drama film
Country of origin: Iran
Original language: Persian
Series: BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century
Main subject: honor
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Screenwriter: Asghar Farhadi
Cast member: Kimia Hosseini
Composer: Sattar Oraki

Article

A Separation (Persian: جدایی نادر از سیمین, romanized: Jodāi-e Nāder az Simin; lit. 'The Separation of Nader from Simin'; also titled Nader and Simin, A Separation) is a 2011 Iranian drama film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, and Sarina Farhadi. It focuses on an Iranian middle-class couple who separate, the disappointment and desperation suffered by their daughter due to the egotistical disputes and separation of her parents, and the conflicts that arise when the husband hires a lower-class caregiver for his elderly father, who has Alzheimer's disease.

A Separation won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012, becoming the first Iranian film to win the award. It received the Golden Bear for Best Film and the Silver Bears for Best Actress and Best Actor at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, becoming the first Iranian film to win the Golden Bear. It also won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Feature Film. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, making it the first non-English film in five years to achieve this.