A Separation
Ugly truth, sweet lies.
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$5000000
Revenue
$24426169
Runtime
123 min
Release Date
2011-02-15
Status
Released
Original Language
Persian
Vote Count
1837
Vote Average
7.9
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
Mohammad Sajadian
Soldier
Armine Zeytounchian
Mrs. Kalaani
Bahareh Riyahi
Hospital Receptionist
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