{"id":2563,"date":"2012-03-08T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T17:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=2563"},"modified":"2012-03-21T12:51:58","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T19:51:58","slug":"web-exclusive-movie-review-a-separation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2012\/03\/08\/web-exclusive-movie-review-a-separation\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie review: A Separation<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Separation<\/em> is the first Iranian film to win an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars. In fact, it\u2019s the first Iranian film to win many of the awards it has taken home. It\u2019s well deserved, too: with this movie, writer\/director Asghar Farhadi is credited for making the most realistic depiction of religion in Iran to ever hit the big screen.<\/p>\n

Nader (Peyman Moadi) and his wife Simin (Leila Hatami) separate after Nader decides not to move abroad with Simin to better their daughter\u2019s future. He wants to stay and take care of his ailing father; a sequence of cataclysmic events begins when Nader hires Razieh (Sareh Bayat) to care for his dad so he can continue working.<\/p>\n

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Common ground is lost and found in A Separation (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even without understanding the religion, it\u2019s easy to sympathize for the characters: the traditions make it difficult for them to reason with one another.<\/p>\n

The common ground between our cultures is Nader\u2019s Alzheimer\u2019s-ridden father and Razieh\u2019s adorable young daughter, Somayeh (Kimia Hosseini), who adds innocence and honesty to the film.<\/p>\n

Another notable mention is Farhadi\u2019s daughter, Sarina Farhadi, who plays Nader and Simin\u2019s 11-year-old daughter. It\u2019s her first role, and she handles it excellently.<\/p>\n

The struggle between truth and fabrication depicted in A Separation<\/em> is powerful and heartbreaking. If you\u2019re interested in other cultures, then this is a great movie to watch.<\/p>\n

A Separation<\/em> opens March 9.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Separation is the first Iranian film to win an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars. In fact, it\u2019s the first Iranian film to win many of the awards it has taken home. It\u2019s well deserved, too: with this movie, writer\/director Asghar Farhadi is credited for making the most […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t