Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
When his wife leaves him, Nader hires a young woman to take care of his senile father. But he doesn’t know his new maid is not only pregnant but also working without her unstable husband’s permission. Soon, Nader finds himself entangled in a web of lies manipulation, and public confrontations.
When his wife leaves him, Nader hires a young woman to take care of his senile father. But he doesn’t know his new maid is not only pregnant but also working without her unstable husband’s permission. Soon, Nader finds himself entangled in a web of lies manipulation, and public confrontations.
Asghar Farhadi took home the Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear, and his first Academy Award, for this intricate relationship drama, a film that disentangles the lives its two protagonists have had together. Deeply involving, and as chaotic and complicated as life itself, A Separation is a triumph.