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A Separation

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7.9/10 • 1.8K

2011-02-152h 3m

Drama

Ugly truth, sweet lies.

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.

Directors
Asghar Farhadi
Editors
Hayedeh Safiyari

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Leila Hatami

    Leila Hatami

    Simin

  2. Payman Maadi

    Payman Maadi

    Nader

  3. Sareh Bayat

    Sareh Bayat

    Razieh

  4. Sarina Farhadi

    Sarina Farhadi

    Termeh

  5. Shahab Hosseini

    Shahab Hosseini

    Hojjat

  6. Kimia Hosseini

    Kimia Hosseini

    Somayyeh

  7. Ali-Asghar Shahbazi

    Ali-Asghar Shahbazi

    Nader's Father

  8. Babak Karimi

    Babak Karimi

    Interrogator

  9. Merila Zarei

    Merila Zarei

    Miss Ghahraii

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Andres Gomez

Oct 12, 2013

9/10

Great movie around and simple yet neat story with great characters, script and performances. You can totally believe the story is just happening at your building stairs.

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Status
Released
Original Language
Persian
Budget
$5,000,000.00
Revenue
$24,426,169.00
Keywords
emigrationclassalzheimer's diseaseteheran (tehran), iranmoneymaiddivorceirancaregivermarital separationfamily argumentwistful