# A Separation (2011)

> A dissolving Tehran marriage becomes an emotionally charged moral maze when caregiving duty, class inequality, and contested truth collide.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/41394

## Facts

- Runtime: 123 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Asghar Farhadi
- Cast: Payman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi, Ali-Asghar Shahbazi, Merila Zarei, Babak Karimi
- TMDB rating: 7.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1832382/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: tense, intimate, morally complex, serious movie night, international cinema night

## Synopsis

A gripping exploration of family and societal pressures in modern Iran.

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