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A Separation
A Separation

A Separation

Ugly truth, sweet lies.

Genres

Drama

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.

Others

Budget

$5000000

Revenue

$24426169

Status

Released

Original Language

Persian

Runtime

123 mins

Rating

7.905/10

Release Date

15 February 2011

Country

Australia

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

Shirin Yazdanbakhsh

Shirin Yazdanbakhsh

Simin's Mother

Mohammad Sajadian

Mohammad Sajadian

Soldier

Armine Zeytounchian

Armine Zeytounchian

Mrs. Kalaani

Bahareh Riahi

Bahareh Riahi

Hospital Receptionist

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