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A Separation
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2011 film directed by Asghar Farhadi
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*A Separation* (Persian: جدایی نادر از سیمین, *Jodāyi-e Nāder az Simin*) is a 2011 Iranian drama film directed, written, and produced by Asghar Farhadi. The cast includes Sareh Bayat, Leila Hatami, Payman Maadi, and Shahab Hosseini. Set in Tehran during the 21st century, the narrative focuses on themes of divorce, nursing, guilt, and honor. The film was shot in Tehran with Mahmoud Kalari as director of photography, Hayedeh Safiyari as film editor, and Sattar Oraki as composer. It has a runtime of 123 minutes and was distributed by Netflix.
The film received critical acclaim, holding an IMDb rating of 8.3 and a Metascore of 95. It won the Golden Bear, Silver Bear for Best Actress, Silver Bear for Best Actor, and the César Award for Best Foreign Film. Additionally, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, and the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
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7.9A 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.
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
Themes
- emigration
- class
- alzheimer's disease
- teheran (tehran), iran
- money
- maid
- divorce
- iran
- caregiver
- marital separation
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Ratings
IMDb
8.3/10
276,307 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
99%
Metacritic
95/100
- Year
- 2011
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 89 wins & 52 nominations total
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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
- Budget
- $800,000
- Box office
- $24.4 million
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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