A Separation
“Ugly truth, sweet lies.”
8.4 / 10
Synopsis
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.
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
Average shot length
5.2s per shot
Asghar Farhadi's career average is 5.9s across 7 measured films —see the full picture.