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A Separation Reviews

2011

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Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin goes back to her parents’, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader... Winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film .. Read more

Starring	Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi, Leila Hatami, Kimia Hosseini
Director	Asghar Farhadi
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- This Iranian drama is in competition with some big-budget blockbusters this summer, but it more than holds its own. read more »
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  Painful and powerful Iranian family tragedy
  
  This painful, Iranian family tragedy won many awards at the Berlin Film Festival, and is poignant and very touching. The story starts with a middle class couple... read more »
  
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  - 19 reviews
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  - 23 Aug 2011 at 10:59
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  Great Portrayal of Social Issues
  
  I really loved this movie because it captured so many issues in one - family, relationships, love, divorce, religion, human decency, gender roles, social status... read more »
  
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  - 28 May 2012 at 15:47
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  Overlong but not without merit
  
  Interesting view of other lives and culture but far too long. Would've been better at half the length - good performances
  
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  - 12 May 2012 at 20:41
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  Excellent portrayal of family life in a different culture
  
  A deeply engaging film with stunning actors who portrayed the pains and troubles within their close family life so very well. I liked it enough to want to ... read more »
  
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- - YellowJo
  - 3 reviews
  - 10 May 2012 at 18:57
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  Just A Shouting Match
  
  As all negative reviews only seem to comment on the fact that the subtitles are inadequate, I would like to add that I did not like the film because of the ... read more »
  
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  - 06 May 2012 at 08:32
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  A film that does justice to the complexity of human emotions and relationships
  
  A Separation is one of the best dramas I've ever seen. It's one of those very few films which, I think, come close to doing justice to the vast ... read more »
  
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- - prach
  - 11 reviews
  - 28 Apr 2012 at 02:00
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  Quite Good
  
  A quite good film, that held my attention throughout. Very well acted and quite sad. I don't think it's as amazing as some of the other reviews have ... read more »
  
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  - 21 Apr 2012 at 17:47
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  do not miss this
  
  If you like fast paced all action movies without subtitles, look away. If you ok with subtitles, a slow build up and detailed complex characterisations then you... read more »
  
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  - 17 Apr 2012 at 08:23
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  Best film I've seen this year
  
  Brilliant. This film more than lived up to its world wide reputation. The skill with which it is constructed draws you in to the multiple layers of the ... read more »
  
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  - 05 Apr 2012 at 07:35
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  Almost perfect low-key filmmaking
  
  The 2012 Oscar winner can't be claimed to be an obscure film, but still - it is not every Iranian film that comes with quite the hype that this one does. ... read more »
  
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  - 01 Apr 2012 at 08:48
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  An emotional, involving drama with no sentimentally.
  
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  'A Separation' is Asghar Farhadi's new film, a domestic drama about the break-up of a family. After many years of marriage, Simin (Leila Hatami) ... read more »
  
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- - Tarumatu
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  - 11 Mar 2012 at 23:15
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  - 15
  Painful and powerful Iranian family tragedy
  
  This painful, Iranian family tragedy won many awards at the Berlin Film Festival, and is poignant and very touching. The story starts with a middle class couple... read more »
  
  Report this review
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  - CulturalTalesofTwoCities
  - 19 reviews
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  - 23 Aug 2011 at 10:59
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  reality can bite
  
  I like movies that play with my emotion.It is Great Because It Leaves Room For your thought to get involved, the key characters in the film is society and you ... read more »
  
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  - 01 Dec 2011 at 12:11
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  Perfect & drama
  
  great acting and directing..
  
  great writing and editing..
  
  u dont need to subtitle ..
  
  perfect and drama film
  
  see this ... read more »
  
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- - danial_p87
  - 1 review
  - 28 Nov 2011 at 21:17
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  This is how to make 'em
  
  Fantastic Iranian drama that initially starts with a couple about to finalise a divorce and turns into a story of extraordinary breadth and complexity.
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  - 29 Nov 2011 at 18:33
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  Worthy to wait for it
  
  One of most beautiful Iranian movie I have ever seen. I was waiting for this movie long time and now I have seen this Iranian sad movie.
  
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- - Mass
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  - 05 Jan 2012 at 01:05
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  a very special film - extraordinary in its simplicity
  
  For a little while, step away from the usual blockbusters. For a little while, watch this masterclass in acting and humanity. I had heard of this film well ... read more »
  
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- - AngelaF
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  - 02 Mar 2012 at 16:17
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  An emotional, involving drama with no sentimentally.
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  'A Separation' is Asghar Farhadi's new film, a domestic drama about the break-up of a family. After many years of marriage, Simin (Leila Hatami) ... read more »
  
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- - Tarumatu
  - 25 reviews
  - Brighton, England
  - 11 Mar 2012 at 23:15
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  stunning and profound
  
  it speaks of the relativity of morals , deep existential themes behind it ,plus a fab plot, natural casting and breathtaking epics . It leaves you with dozens ... read more »
  
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- - JulieSiers
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  - 26 Dec 2011 at 19:58
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  Choose your time carefully to watch this
  
  This is a stomach churning movie that kept me gripped from the beginning right through to the ambiguous ending. I experienced something like social vertigo as ... read more »
  
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- - GeordieBroon
  - 8 reviews
  - 29 Dec 2011 at 12:57
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  Amazing Cinema !
  
  Winner of BBC 4 'World Cinema Awards' for 2011.Keep your wits about you as you watch AND read along with the subtitles-moving quickly at times. It's... read more »
  
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  - 12 Jan 2012 at 13:05

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