A Separation [videorecording (DVD)] / writer/director, Asghar Farhadi.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: 40691 | Sony ClassicsLanguage: Persian, French Summary language: English, French Original language: Persian Publisher: Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Classics, [2012]Edition: Widescreen (1.85:1)Description: 1 DVD (approximately 123 minutes) sound, color 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Audience:
  • Rated PG-13
  • General
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997.2 .S47 2012
Production credits:
  • Music, Sattar Oraki ; cinematography, Mahmoud Kalari ; editor, Hayedeh Safiyari.
Awards:
  • Academy Award, 2011: Best Foreign Language Film.
  • Golden Globe Award, 2011: Best Foreign Language Film.
Cast: Leila Hatami, Peyman Moadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat.Summary: A Separation is a compelling drama about the dissolution fo a marriage. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer's-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin returns to her parents' home, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader. When Nader hires a young woman to assist with his father in his wife's absence, he hopes that his life will return to normal.
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.

Music, Sattar Oraki ; cinematography, Mahmoud Kalari ; editor, Hayedeh Safiyari.

Leila Hatami, Peyman Moadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat.

A Separation is a compelling drama about the dissolution fo a marriage. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer's-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin returns to her parents' home, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader. When Nader hires a young woman to assist with his father in his wife's absence, he hopes that his life will return to normal.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature thematic material.

DVD, region 1;, 3.0 LCR (Discrete Surround).

Persian or French dialogue; English or French subtitles.

Parallel text in French ; Translated from Persian.

Academy Award, 2011: Best Foreign Language Film.

Golden Globe Award, 2011: Best Foreign Language Film.

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