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A Separation

"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.

Top Cast

  • 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

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.

Rating

7.9 / 10
1,961 Reviews
3 Popular

1 Reviews

  • Andres Gomez
    Andres Gomez
    9 Oct 12, 2013

    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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