A Separation

A Separation (2011)

Drama2 hours and 3 minutes
79%
User score

Ugly truth, sweet lies.

Description

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
Director, Screenplay

Actors

Leila Hatami
Leila Hatami
Simin
Payman Maadi
Payman Maadi
Nader
Sareh Bayat
Sareh Bayat
Razieh
Sarina Farhadi
Sarina Farhadi
Termeh
Shahab Hosseini
Shahab Hosseini
Hojjat
Kimia Hosseini
Kimia Hosseini
Somayyeh
Ali-Asghar Shahbazi
Ali-Asghar Shahbazi
Nader's Father
Babak Karimi
Babak Karimi
Interrogator
Merila Zarei
Merila Zarei
Miss Ghahraii
Shirin Yazdanbakhsh
Shirin Yazdanbakhsh
Simin's Mother
Mohammad Sajadian
Mohammad Sajadian
Soldier
Armine Zeytounchian
Armine Zeytounchian
Mrs. Kalaani
Bahareh Riahi
Bahareh Riahi
Hospital Receptionist
Status

Released

Original language

Persian

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$24,426,169

Keywords
emigrationclassalzheimer's diseaseteheran (tehran), iranmoneymaiddivorceirancaregivermarital separationfamily argument