A Separation

(2011)

★ 7.9 IMDb · 2,014 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2011

Runtime: 123 мин

Country: Iran, France

Director: اصغر فرهادی

Cast: Пейман Моаади, لیلا حاتمی, شهاب حسینی, ساره بیات, Sarina Farhadi, Ali-Asghar Shahbazi, مریلا زارعی, Babak Karimi, Kimia Hosseini, Armine Zeytounchian

Plot

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.

Nader (Payman Maadi) and Simin (Leila Hatami) argue about living abroad. Simin prefers to live abroad to provide better opportunities for their only daughter, Termeh. However, Nader refuses to go because he thinks he must stay in Iran and take care of his father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi), who suffers from Alzheimers. However, Simin is determined to get a divorce and leave the country with her daughter.