Additional information for A Separation, which has a domestic theatrical release set for July 1, 2011. The film is being distributed by Artificial Eye and has not yet been rated. A Separation has a total running time of 123 minutes.
PG-13
USA
PG
Singapore
6
Netherlands
PG
UK
12
South Korea
M/12
Portugal
13
Argentina
G
Japan
12
Brazil
B
Mexico
15
Sweden
PG
Australia
123min
123min
Nader y Simin, una separación
Spain
Nader y Simin, una separación
Spain
Una separación
Mexico
Una separación
Peru
Une séparation
Belgium
Une séparation
France
Ένας Χωρισμός
Greece
Развод Надера и Симин
Russia
Раздяла
Bulgaria
A Separação
Brazil
A Separation
International
Bir Ayrilik
Turkey
Enas horismos
Greece
Issiskyrimas
Lithuania
La separación
Argentina
Locitev
Slovenia
Nader és Simin - Egy elválás története
Hungary
Nader and Simin, a Separation
Europe
Nader ja Simin: Ero
Finland
Nader och Simin - En separation
Sweden
Nader og Simin - en separation
Denmark
Nader og Simin - et brudd
Norway
Nader und Simin - eine Trennung
Germany
Preyda
Israel
Razvod
Serbia
Razvod Nadera i Simin
Russia
Rozstanie
Poland
Uma Separação
Portugal
Una separazione
Italy
February 15, 2011
Germany
March 16, 2011
Iran
March 23, 2011
Hong Kong
April 06, 2011
Argentina
April 15, 2011
Turkey
April 16, 2011
Romania
April 28, 2011
Luxembourg
April 28, 2011
South Korea
May 18, 2011
France
June 03, 2011
Romania
June 08, 2011
Belgium
June 08, 2011
France
June 13, 2011
Australia
June 23, 2011
Thailand
July 01, 2011
Turkey
July 01, 2011
UK
July 05, 2011
Czech Republic
July 10, 2011
Russia
July 11, 2011
Armenia
July 14, 2011
Germany
July 18, 2011
Croatia
July 21, 2011
Poland
July 24, 2011
Australia
July 26, 2011
South Africa
August 04, 2011
Australia
August 10, 2011
Netherlands
August 11, 2011
Netherlands
August 24, 2011
Norway
August 25, 2011
Hungary
September 04, 2011
USA
September 08, 2011
Switzerland
September 08, 2011
Switzerland
September 10, 2011
Canada
September 16, 2011
Japan
September 18, 2011
Spain
September 19, 2011
Canada
September 23, 2011
Iceland
September 25, 2011
Greece
September 29, 2011
Finland
September 29, 2011
Greece
September 30, 2011
Sweden
October 01, 2011
Canada
October 01, 2011
USA
October 06, 2011
Brazil
October 07, 2011
Poland
October 07, 2011
Spain
October 13, 2011
South Korea
October 13, 2011
United Arab Emirates
October 21, 2011
Italy
October 22, 2011
USA
November 02, 2011
Netherlands
November 03, 2011
Brazil
November 11, 2011
Finland
November 17, 2011
Republic of Macedonia
November 24, 2011
Denmark
November 24, 2011
Russia
December 15, 2011
Portugal
December 25, 2011
Norway
December 30, 2011
USA
January 20, 2012
Brazil
January 20, 2012
Canada
February 10, 2012
Taiwan
February 16, 2012
Israel
March 01, 2012
Australia
March 01, 2012
Hong Kong
March 08, 2012
Singapore
March 13, 2012
Bulgaria
March 23, 2012
Bulgaria
April 07, 2012
Japan
April 19, 2012
New Zealand
April 20, 2012
Mexico
May 03, 2012
Argentina
May 09, 2012
Estonia
May 23, 2012
Slovenia
June 28, 2012
Kuwait
August 16, 2012
Peru
September 14, 2012
Iceland
October 29, 2012
India
November 09, 2012
Venezuela
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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.
The new movie of Asghar Farhadi is a melodrama that captures the theme of responsibility and honesty as well as love, religiosity, and sacrifice. The movie starts with an argument for divorce between Simin (Leila Hatami) and Nader (Peyman Moaadi) before a judge in an Iranian court. Through their argument, the main storyline of the movie becomes clear for us so that we become aware that Nader and Simin have been planning to move to a European country to provide better opportunities, as Simin claims in the court, for their only daughter, Termeh (Sarina Farhadi).Although Nader was interested in the idea of living abroad a few months earlier, he refuses then because of his father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi) who suffers from Alzheimer. When, in the court, Simin says to Nader "your father does not even know you" Nader answers "but I know him." Here, the responsibility of a child toward his father is very tangible. During the movie, Simin insists on the idea of going abroad; when Nader refuses, she believes there is no other way for them except to divorce. Because Simin does not live with her husband and her daughter anymore, Nader decides to hire a reliable and responsible nurse for his father. Therefore, Razieh (Sareh Bayat) enters their house as the nurse.On the first day of her arrival, Nader's father forgot to say that he needed to go to rest room. Therefore, Razieh, as a woman who really believes in strict rules of religion, does not like to come again to take care of Nader's father. Actually, she does not want to help an old man to go to rest room and even wash him. On a second thought, Razieh agrees to become his nurse again just because she needs the money. One day Nader comes and sees that his father has fallen from his bed and does not move. He thinks his father just passed away. However, he is still alive and becomes OK after a few minutes. Nader becomes very angry of what he calls " Razieh's irresponsibility" because she left the house and there is no sign of her. When she comes back, Nader brawls with her and pushes her out of the house and Razieh falls on the stairs that causes the abortion of her baby and a new challenge for Nader and Simin appears.Nader is accused of killing Razieh's baby intentionally. Razieh claims that Nader pushed her though he knew she was pregnant; Nader denies it. In the court, Razieh's husband, Hodjat (Shahab Hosseini), who is a nervous man and does not have any job and has many debts, fights several times with Nader and insults him harshly. Termeh knows that his father is lying because she is sure that Nader heard the story of Razieh's pregnancy when she was talking about it with Termeh's tutor, Miss Ghahraii (Merila Zare'i). She is right! Nader and Simin agree to give some money to them to finish the story democratically. However, Nader insists on the idea of being sure whether he was guilty or not. That is why Nader asks Razieh to swear if he is guilty of the abortion of her baby. Although Hodjat really wants to get the money, Razieh refuses to swear because she thinks she is not sure whether the abortion of her baby was because of Nader or the accident that she had on the same day. Due to her religious beliefs, she does not want to get blood money From Nader when she is not sure whether he is guilty or not.Finally, Nader and Simin agree to let Termeh choose her destiny by saying whether she prefers to live with her father or her mother. Like "about Eli", the previous film of Farhadi, the ending of the story is not clear and it is up to the audience to guess whether Termeh wants to live with her father or her mother.There are scenes in the movie that are very impressive: When Nader is washing his father's body, while crying deeply, it shows us how a child loves his father no matter he is too old or sick. In addition, when Termeh asks his father about the reason that he told a big lie to the court, we can understand once more how children monitor their parents' behavior as their reliable role models. In addition, when Nader's father holds Simin's hand strongly which shows that he knows her well and no one, even Razieh, can look after him like the way that his daughter-in-law did in the past."Nader and Simin, a Separation" really deserves to be considered as one of the top 250 movies ever made. In the 21st century, when we are surrounded by thousands of science fiction movies, "Nader and Simin, a Separation" is a good example of a real-life movie which can help people to revise their ideas about important concepts like responsibility, love and sacrifice.Amin Davoodi from Kermanshah, Iran (amin.davoodi1988@gmail.com)
Asghar Farhadi
Director(s)
Asghar Farhadi
Writer(s)
Negar Eskandarfar
executive producer
Asghar Farhadi
producer
Producer(s)
Sattar Oraki
Composer(s)
Nader
Payman Maadi
Simin
Leila Hatami
Razieh
Sareh Bayat
Hojjat
Shahab Hosseini
Termeh
Sarina Farhadi
Miss Ghahraii
Merila Zare'i
Nader's Father
Ali-Asghar Shahbazi
Interrogator
Babak Karimi
Somayeh
Kimia Hosseini
Simin's Mother
Shirin Yazdanbakhsh
Azam
Sahabanu Zolghadr
Creditor
Mohammadhasan Asghari
Woman in the Bus
Shirin Azimiyannezhad
Creditor
Hamid Dadju
Judge
Mohammad Ebrahimian
Interrogator's Office Manager
Samad Farhang
Soldier
Ali Fattahi
School Teacher
Nafise Ghodrati
Police Officer
Roya Hosseini
Accused Man
Seyyed Jamshid Hosseini
Soldier
Hamid Janane
Neighbour Woman
Sahar Kave
Soldier
Seyyd Hamid Mirshams
Creditor
Manuchehr Mohammadzade
Police Officer
Mazdak Mohaymeni
Accused Man
Majid Nameni
Satelite Reciever Operator
Ali Nazari
Piano Delievery Man
Farhad Nosrati
Interrogator's Secretary
Mahmoud Rafi'i
Hospital Receptionist
Bahare Riyahi
Doctor
Peyman Sadeghi
Shoemaker
Mohammad Saffari
Creditor
Nosratollah Seyfizade
Neighbour Girl
Bahare Shahbazi
School Janitor
Khodarahm Soleymannezhad
School Principal
Maria Tehranchi
Mrs. Kalaani
Armine Zeytounchian
Soldier (uncredited)
Mohammad Sajadian
Director(s)
Writer(s)
executive producer
Asghar Farhadi
producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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