“Ugly truth, sweet lies.”
A Separation
7.9
1,966 votes·2011
·2h 3m
·MovieDrama
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.
Commercial Verdict
Blockbuster
Revenue vs Budget4.9x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Massive commercial success
Keywords
emigrationclassalzheimer's diseaseteheran (tehran), iranmoneymaiddivorceirancaregivermarital separationfamily argumentwistful
Cast
Leila Hatami
Simin
Payman Maadi
Nader
Sareh Bayat
Razieh
Sarina Farhadi
Termeh
Shahab Hosseini
Hojjat
Kimia Hosseini
Somayyeh
Ali-Asghar Shahbazi
Nader's Father
Babak Karimi
Interrogator
Merila Zarei
Miss Ghahraii
Shirin Yazdanbakhsh
Simin's Mother
Mohammad Sajadian
Soldier
Armine Zeytounchian
Mrs. Kalaani
Bahareh Riyahi
Hospital Receptionist
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