A Separation
Film

A Separation (2019)

2 critics 5 lists ★ 7.0 TMDb Thriller

A woman reluctantly travels from London to an isolated peninsula in southern Greece to find her estranged husband who has gone missing.

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Asghar Farhadi's masterful Iranian drama meticulously dissects a failing marriage and the cascading moral dilemmas that follow. With a stark realism, it explores themes of truth, justice, and the profound cultural divides within a society, all viewed through the lens of ordinary people trapped in an escalating legal and ethical quagmire. It’s a powerful, empathetic study of human fallibility.

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This Iranian film is a masterclass in making you feel seen, even if your daily life is totally different. It's about a couple divorcing, but it unravels into this super tense, morally grey courtroom drama that spotlights societal pressures, class, and truth. Everyone's doing their best, but the system and personal biases just make things impossible. You'll be thinking about this one for days.

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