---
title: 'A Separation (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Asghar Farhadi'
released: '2011-02-01'
runtime_minutes: 123
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Iran'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-separation-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1832382/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Separation (2011)

2011 · PG-13 · 123 min · Drama · Iran

Original title: Jodāyi-e Nāder az Simin
Part of: BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century

## Synopsis

A Separation is a 2011 Iranian drama film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, and Sarina Farhadi. It focuses on an Iranian middle-class couple who separate, the disappointment and desperation suffered by their daughter due to the egotistical disputes and separation of her parents, and the conflicts that arise when the husband hires a lower-class caregiver for his elderly father, who has Alzheimer's disease.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Asghar Farhadi](https://cinepixo.com/people/asghar-farhadi)
- **Screenplay:** [Asghar Farhadi](https://cinepixo.com/people/asghar-farhadi)
- **Producer:** [Asghar Farhadi](https://cinepixo.com/people/asghar-farhadi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Sattar Oraki](https://cinepixo.com/people/sattar-oraki)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mahmoud Kalari](https://cinepixo.com/people/mahmoud-kalari)
- **Editor:** [Hayedeh Safiyari](https://cinepixo.com/people/hayedeh-safiyari)

## Cast

- [Sarina Farhadi](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarina-farhadi)
- [Kimia Hosseini](https://cinepixo.com/people/kimia-hosseini)
- [Sareh Bayat](https://cinepixo.com/people/sareh-bayat)
- [Shirin Yazdanbakhsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirin-yazdanbakhsh)
- [Babak Karimi](https://cinepixo.com/people/babak-karimi)
- [Leila Hatami](https://cinepixo.com/people/leila-hatami)
- [Payman Maadi](https://cinepixo.com/people/payman-maadi)
- [Shahab Hosseini](https://cinepixo.com/people/shahab-hosseini)
- [Ali-Asghar Shahbazi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ali-asghar-shahbazi)
- [Merila Zarei](https://cinepixo.com/people/merila-zarei)

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Official site: http://www.sonyclassics.com/aseparation
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-separation-2011
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