Review of A Separation (2011) by Bavner D — 21 Jan 2017
An Iranian couple agree to move to North America to improve the future prospects for their teenage daughter. They have a visa and it expires soon. But his father suffers from Alzheimer's, and he refuses to leave Iran while his father needs care.
She files for divorce and moves in with her mother. He hires a woman to come in while he works and look after his father. This rather simple set up begins a series of clashes and moral quandaries that add up to one of the best films of the last decade.
Every character in this story does what they think they have to do, and nothing is done out of malice, but things get increasingly fouled up. It's quite possibly to most humanistic and empathetic film I have ever seen.
It appears rather effortless, but it's a masterfully constructed, utterly compelling and convincing film.
This review of A Separation (2011) was written by Bavner D on 21 Jan 2017.
A Separation has generally received very positive reviews.
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