A Separation
Ugly truth, sweet lies.
Ugly truth, sweet lies.
Drama
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2011
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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.
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Details
Runtime:
123 min
Release date:
15 Feb 2011
Country:
IR, FR
Languages:
Persian (Farsi)
Budget:
$5,000,000
Revenue:
$24,426,169
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 89 wins & 52 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
You cannot watch the film without feeling kinship with the characters and admitting their decency as well as their mistakes.
– David Thomson,
The New Republic,
19 Jun 2013
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Dynamically shot and paced like a thriller, the film has the density and moral prickliness of a good novel.
– Jon Frosch,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar 2012
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These people seem so real they might live next door. And they probably do.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
23 Feb 2012
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"A Separation" is a plaintive fable of the human condition that unites us.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
17 Feb 2012
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Very few movies capture as convincingly as A Separation does the ways in which seemingly honorable decisions can lead to interpersonal conflict -- even disaster.
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
10 Feb 2012