A Separation
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin
2011, Film, 123 min, Drama, Persian, Iran, MoviePedia score 86
Ugly truth, sweet lies.
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.
Directed by Asghar Farhadi
Cast
- Payman Maadi as Nader
- Leila Hatami as Simin
- Sareh Bayat as Razieh
- Shahab Hosseini as Hojjat
- Sarina Farhadi as Termeh
- Babak Karimi as Interrogator (Bazpors)
- Ali-Asghar Shahbazi as Nader's Father (Pedar- Nader)
- Kimia Hosseini as Somayeh
- Shirin Yazdanbakhsh as Simin's Mother (Madar-e Simin)
- Merila Zare'i as Miss Ghahrayi
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