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A Separation
IRAN · 2011

A Separation

Asghar Farhadi
family obligation immigration and displacement caregiving and aging marital conflict moral dilemmas
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Synopsis

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.

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I was very influenced by Asghar Farhadi, and that comes out in the film. His films are extremely complex and always play on the idea that there is no bad guy or good guy, but characters with different interpretations of the truth... I wanted to create a narrative that would question the very nature of truth. This is something Farhadi does very well.
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