A Separation

A Separation
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAsghar Farhadi
Written byAsghar Farhadi
Produced byAsghar Farhadi
Starring
CinematographyMahmoud Kalari
Edited byHayedeh Safiyari
Music bySattar Oraki
Distributed byFilmiran
Release dates
  • 15 February 2011 (2011-02-15) (Berlin)
  • 16 March 2011 (2011-03-16) (Iran)
Running time
123 minutes[1]
CountryIran
LanguagePersian
Budget$800,000[2]
Box office$24.4 million[2]

A Separation (Persian: جدایی نادر از سیمین, romanized: Jodâyi-e Nâder az Simin; lit. 'The Separation of Nader from Simin'; also titled Nader and Simin, A Separation) is a 2011 Iranian drama film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, and Sarina Farhadi. It focuses on an Iranian middle-class couple who separate, the disappointment and desperation suffered by their daughter due to the egotistical disputes and separation of her parents, and the conflicts that arise when the husband hires a lower-class caregiver for his elderly father, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease.

A Separation won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012, becoming the first Iranian film to win the award.[3] It received the Golden Bear for Best Film and the Silver Bears for Best Actress and Best Actor at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, becoming the first Iranian film to win the Golden Bear.[4] It also won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film[5] and the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Feature Film.[6] The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay,[7] making it the first non-English film in five years to achieve this.

  1. ^ "Nader and Simin, A Separation (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (2011) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Iran wins first Oscar with 'A Separation'". Reuters. 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Iranian Film Takes Top Prize at Berlinale". 19 February 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference GGwin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "APSA Nominees & Winners".
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference OscarNom was invoked but never defined (see the help page).