A Separation (2011)

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Asghar Farhadi director

A couple's relationship is strained when they have to make the decision to move to another country for the sake of their child or to stay in Iran to care for the husband's ailing father. When a caretaker for the father is hired, everything begins to fall apart.

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Peyman Moaadi Nader
Leila Hatami Simin
Sareh Bayat Razieh
Shahab Hosseini Hodjat
Sarina Farhadi Termeh
Merila Zare'i Miss Ghahraii
Ali-Asghar Shahbazi Nader's Father
Babak Karimi Judge
Kimia Hosseini Somayeh
Shirin Yazdanbakhsh Simin's Mother
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Trailer: A Separation

This Iranian entry for the best foreign film of the year examines a couple as they try to decide whether to leave Iran for the sake of their child, or stay behind to take care of an elderly parent.

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Name A Separation
US Release Dec. 30, 2011
UK Release July 1, 2011
AUS Release June 13, 2011
Runtime 123
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Rating PG-13
Alias(es) Nader and Simin, A Separation
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin
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  • In today's dollars
    Domestic $79,500
    Foreign +9,100,000
  • = total worldwide gross $9,179,500
  • - a reported budget of $500,000
  • = a 1,735.9% net profit of $8,679,500
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