A Separation

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When Nader (Payman Maadi), a bank employee, refuses to leave Tehran, his wife, Simin (Leila Hatami) sues for divorce in the hope that she can make a better life for their young daughter abroad. Needing someone to care for his senile father while he's at work, Nader hires Razieh (Sareh Bayat), a married woman whose chador hides her pregnancy. One day, after becoming angry with Razieh, Nader shoves her, and she has a miscarriage, leading Razieh's husband to take Nader to court.

Release Date: December 30, 2011

Runtime: 2 hr 3 min

Genre: Drama

Director: Asghar Farhadi

Producer: Asghar Farhadi, Negar Eskandarfar

Cast: Leila Hatami, Shahab Hosseini, Babak Karimi, Merila Zarei, Peyman Moaadi, Shirin Yazdanbakhsh, Kimia Hosseini, Ali-Asghar Shahbazi, Sarina Farhadi, Sareh Bayat

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