Director: Asghar Farhadi
Cast: Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat
Iran 2011 | Colour | 123mins | Drama
Avaliable on: DVD
Winner of the Golden Bear at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival, A Separation is a suspenseful and intelligent drama detailing the fractures and tensions at the heart of Iranian society. When his wife leaves him, Nader hires a young woman to take care of his suffering father. Unaware that his new maid is not only pregnant but also working without the permission of her unstable husband, Nader soon finds himself entangled in a web of lies and manipulation.