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A Separation (2011)

PG-13 ★ 7.9/10 123 min Drama Iran, France FA
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Writer: Asghar Farhadi
Streaming: Not available
Ugly truth, sweet lies.

Description

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.

Trailer

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

A Separation Appears on 19 Curated Movie Lists

Awards

TIFF People's Choice Award Winners and Runners Up
Toronto International Film Festival #42

Canon Institutions

Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures #589
IMDb Top 250
IMDb #113
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #097
Metacritics Top 250 Movies Of All Time
Metacritic #67

Critic Curated

Alltime Chicago Tribune Top 100
Chicago Tribune #71
BBC Culture: 100 Greatest Foreign Language Films
BBC #21
BBC Culture: The 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century
BBC #09
New York Times 100 Best Movies Of The 21st Century
New York Times #33
Newsweek The Best Films Of The 21st Century
Newsweek #14
Rolling Stone - The 50 Best Movies Of The 2010s
Rolling Stone #13
Rotten Tomatoes 300 Best Movies Of All Time
Rotten Tomatos #24
The Filmcast Top 10 Lists Formerly Slashfilmcast
SlashFilm #75
The Guardians 100 Best Films Of The 21St
The Guardian #36

Curated List

Iranian New Waves
CinemaWaves Blog #08

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd Top 100 Movies Rated PG-13
Letterboxd #11
The 2010s Top 250 Narrative Features
Letterboxd #08
The Top-Rated Movie of Every Year by Letterboxd Users
Letterboxd #97

Temporal Era Sets

100 Best Movies Of The 2010s Indiewire
IndieWire #45

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