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A Separation

Movie · 2011 · 123 min

A quietly gripping, morally complex drama that keeps you tense and emotionally invested as it unfolds with painful realism.

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2011 film directed by Asghar Farhadi
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Year
2011
Runtime
123 min
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • class
  • morality
  • deception
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness6
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Asghar Farhadi
Written by
Asghar Farhadi
Starring
Leila Hatami, Shahab Hosseini, Payman Maadi, Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi, Kimia Hosseini, Merila Zarei, Babak Karimi
Music
Sattar Oraki
Cinematography
Mahmoud Kalari
Runtime
123 min
Country
Iran
Languages
Persian

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