Review of A Separation (2011) by Gavin P — 24 Oct 2015
A decent human drama, but I did not find it hugely engaging or emotional. It's basically Nader (Moaadi) trying to keep his family together as he cares for his senile father, but his wife, Simin (Hatami) wants to abandon him & her daughter for some reason.
The real female lead is the poor maid, Razieh (Bayat), who - like Nader - is just trying to make ends meet, but when an altercation ends badly, it turns into a story of poor courtroom 'he said/she said' drama, with truths slowly being revealed over the next two hours.
A well made story of how we're all human and make mistakes, but could have been a lot better paced/edited.
This review of A Separation (2011) was written by Gavin P on 24 Oct 2015.
A Separation has generally received very positive reviews.
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