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A few years ago I was talking to a friend who had just seen David Gordon Green’s “All the Real Girls.” My friend isn’t much of a film buff, but he knew that he’d seen something special. When I asked what he liked most about it, he didn’t say anything about the acting or the direction or nuances of the plot. Instead, he simply said “because that stuff really happened.” Of course, my friend was not speaking literally. Instead, I think he was trying to talk about a feeling that the movie captured that transcends what we generally consider realism. It struck a nerve with him because it resonated in a deeper way than he could have ever expected. It…
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brilliant because every decision feels like it’s made in the moment, not like it’s serving something three steps ahead. it’s often the best intentions that reveal how fragile everything is, and how quickly it can all unravel.
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One of the greatest films ever made and still my pick for the best film of the decade, if not the century. The first scene of Asghar Farhadi’s masterpiece A Separation opens with a married couple – Nader and Simin – arguing in front of a judge over their petition for divorce. This single scene, filmed in one long take, epitomizes Farhadi’s incredible style of storytelling. He takes a simple scenario and fills it with nuanced characters, moral complexity, and cultural conflict. In the scene, Nader and Simin are arguing over the custody of their daughter Termeh. Simin wants to leave Iran so that Termeh may receive a better education and have a brighter future while Nader wants to stay…
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Once in a while there comes along a film that features characters who you think couldn’t be more different from you, but whom you start to feel for as though they were part of your own family, as though you share a life with them. And by the end of the experience, you know that something inside you has shifted. You begin to make room for new ideas, new ways of thinking. I’ve watched only a handful of films that have done that to me, and A Separation is foremost among them. I don’t want to explain the plot too much; the less that viewers know going in, the better their experience will be. Besides, A Separation is the rare…
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i did not push her. it’s not true. it’s bullshit! i did not push her. i did naaaht
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this makes up for every badly written film i’ve ever seen in my entire life and i hope woody allen’s crusty ancient ass dies soon for stealing best original screenplay from this
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you can be sure as hell the first thing i googled after finishing this was “WHO THE FUCK TOOK THE MONEY IN SEPARATION 2011?????”
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Simply put, A Separation is an incredible drama. It is well written, well acted, well shot, and well edited. For not a single second is it boring and it is always compelling. Very few dramas are better than this. The first scene of A Separation sets a false impression for what this film is about. It is not merely a film about a couple trying to divorce, because that story becomes intertwined with one of religion and crime, and how one family ruins the life of another. A Separation centres of a middle class Iranian family, yet the film is also about social and religious divisions within Iranian society. Different social strata have different needs. A poorer family within the…
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Çox təsirli filmdir. Heç bir obrazı günahlandırmaq olmur.
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The screenplay hijacks your eyes from the get go.
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very tense from the get-go, excellent portrayal of the kids who suffer, especially the character of the daughter in her adolescence is well written, who wants them to be together, and is so mature for her age. the miscarriage scene adds a layer of investigation, which is brutal. great and a must watch movie.
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compelling as hell
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Esto si es un dramon
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tjrs good vibes asghar
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den film im kino zu schauen statt auf tablet und handy irgendwo zwischen köln hbf und berliner tor war schon krass aber jedes mal als die untertitel nicht ausreichend genug oder nicht vorhanden waren wollte ich im boden versinken geile experience trotzdem auch beim zweiten schauen sehr krass gemacht
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In a second you will pick a side and the next you will change it You will sympathize with everyone but will blame them too and in the end you will still be unsure
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por qué hacen una película de mi infancia sin preguntarme
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The film was feeling very real, I personally liked this movie. Meaning, such situations have been shown in the movie which a person goes through at some point or the other, fear of false, accusation and God. You will get into the movie from the beginning when you see the condition of his father, then the story progresses very well, which may be slow but does not bore you because the Persian environment was good. Nader truly loved his father,…
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Day 4 of exploring other cultures through cinema عبارة عن تحديات دينية واخلاقية ماشوف اي من الاطراف شرير او سيء كلهم جانوا مجرد متشوشين وبين عدة خيارات صعبة وهلشي يخلي الفلم كلش حيل حقيقي ويذكرني هواي بمعيشتي كجزء من مجتمع عراقي بطبقة بسيطة، كأنما داشوف فلم من انتاجنا بس بغير لغة المشهد الي طلبوا منها تحلف بيه على القران جان intense بشكل، نفس الشي اكو لقطة البنتين يباوعون لبعضهم من بعيد يقهرون شلون تمرمطوا بهوسة اهلهم وهمه ابرياء مالهم ذنب جانوا ممكن…
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humanity as it is… complicated and messy
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„Manchmal müssen Beziehungen enden, weil man verschiedene Ziele verfolgt und es keinen für beide Seiten annehmbaren Kompromiss geben kann.“ Und manchmal sitzt man nach dem Film da und fragt sich wie der ganze Streit und die Probleme der beiden Familien hätten gelöst werden können. Sehr gefühlvoll zeigt dieser Film einem immer wieder die beiden Seiten und lässt einen nie klar einen Schuldigen oder Unschuldigen festmachen, denn am Ende handeln alle mit der Absicht das Beste für ihre Familie zu…
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No subtitles needed btw… FUCK YOU! In all seriousness I almost teared up — can’t believe how well rounded this film is. So phenomenally written, framed, performed and generally executed it spoke to me like magic. I don’t relate to this film in any specific way, yet I continuously felt connected and emotionally attached to every single shot, every subplot, and every moment. Each character is dynamic, fully fleshed out and casted so incredibly that it makes your interpretation and…
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This is not a legal drama. The case is just the pressure that forces everything else to the surface. At the centre is a man holding three things simultaneously and failing to drop any of them. A divorce that is getting more complicated by the day. A father with Alzheimer’s who used to say his son’s name and some single words and has now stopped even that, which means the man is essentially taking care of a doll at this…
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qızın qerarini gormemek kotu oldu
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Holy banger
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İzlediğim 3. iran filmi. işlenme şekli olarak sevmeyen sıkılanlar var. müzik olmamasi ve sanki yaşanmişlik hissiyati birakmasi ve sürükleyiciliği beni benden aldi. düşük bütçeyle yapılıyor bir de. hep boyle sonunda o mu bu mu diye kalakaldim izlediğim iran fimlerinde. ben olsam babami seçerim. babasi son derece cesaretli ve iyi. hem boylece annesi onu bırakmazdi ve barişilirdi. annesini seçerse baba ve anne boşanacakti. ya aslinda Termeh’in annesi de kal dese yelkenleri suya indirecek. Dikkatimi çekti. hiç olmayacak bir sebepten işler büyüyor.…
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kadın tırt
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everything in this movie is so iffy not surface level but it’s buried far too deep down to get 5 stars final 15 are cinema though
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savršeno utegnut film, sve na svom mestu, ne može se naći zamerka, svaka čast, ashgar divan čikica
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their separation seemed to affect everyone. poor kid.
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Just like Asghar Farhadi’s A Hero, A Separation is made up of melodramatic characters that are compulsive liars acting in bad faith to navigate their way through a plot that can only hang together through an unbelievably tangled mess of contrivances. Parts of it hint at problems that could exist in the real world, but it’s so determined to keep the mystery going that it loses all credibility.
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The tension had me shaking even several minutes after the movie ended.
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33/100 NYT Best 100 Movies of the 21st Century Insane I have to compare this to Moneyball, The Tree of Life, and Bridesmaids. Head and shoulders above them. One of the best scripts
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Ojalá se haya ido con Simil
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Men are useless in this film
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The way farhadi deals with the complexity of characters in his screenplay and uses it as a tools to drive the major dramatic portions of the film is a skill in itself The clever parallels of dysfuntionality amongst the two couples and how seemingly similar problems are dealt differently just sits well with the natural flow of the film The editing , cinematography , the choice to do sync sound everything just enhances the overall viewing experience .
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Devastating
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Headbutting: physically, spiritually, emotionally, mentally
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never underestimate an iranian film.
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İki tarafında haklı ve mağdur olması çok iyiydi
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اب يذبل ، وزوجه تبحث عن نافذه. طفله تتارجح ، وخادمه تزيد العُقدة تشابكا. ومن البيت الصغير.. يتسرب المجتمع بكامله. “المأساة الحقيقية تحدث عندما تصطدم نيتان طيبتان ببعضهما البعض” – اصغر فرهادي بين اب عليل يحتاج الى رعاية ، وزوجه تفتش عن حياة جديدة ، وطفله عالقة بينهما ، تتكشف طبقات المجتمع الإيراني تظهر الطبقة الوسطى التي تصارع من اجل الاستقرار والطبقة الفقيرة التي تحارب من اجل البقاء بينما يقف القانون كحاجز جاف بينهما. في هذا الحصار البصري المفرط في…
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One of the best court procedural films I’ve seen in a long time, A Separation isn’t just about a failing marriage. It’s a separation on several levels. Separation between classes, between genders, between cultures, between ages, between the truth and justice. There are so many metatextual layers to the story. I absolutely loved the ending, specifically the blocking. I get why this is on so many best-of lists. The acting and storytelling are gripping — and Farhadi’s cinematic choices feel just as raw, natural, vulnerable, and realistic as the performances.
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Perceraian (2011): Full Percakapan my second Iranian movie dan gua kira ini bakal jadi kisah perceraian yg sedih kyk Noktah Merah Perkawinan, tp trnyata lebih menceritakan ttg dinamika keluarga dan konflik eksternal yang terjadi yang disebabkan oleh perceraian itu sendiri, walo di sini mereka belom cerai sih, masih di tahap perceraian jujur kompleks bgt krna nih sbrnnya klo ada 1 orang aja yg ngalah di sini, pasti udh lgsg selesai itu masalahnya, tp gua juga ngerti bgt knp mereka saklek sama pendapat mereka, aduh pusing dah
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فيلم مشوق والحوارات ممتعه واخر نص ساعه نار
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“fear is a spider that weaves a web of disrupt.” many problem, little peace. pure complex of humanity, emotions and completed with well acted, so every moment feels honest. very compelling.
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يعني فيلم قصته عادية فشخ مهروسة من ايام الأبيض والأسود
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There are too many separations in this film, between social classes, within a marriage, and between a father and his child. In the end, none of the characters truly feels completely honest. Everyone is willing to do certain things to protect their own version of the truth and survive the circumstances they are living in. What I find most interesting is how a child is forced to deal with problems that belong to adults, until she eventually becomes a victim…
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100 Men vs an Iranian film
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Belo filme
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Le fait que le daron ressemble à Glb ça m’a bcp trop perturbé durant mon visionnage
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My first Asghar Farhadi film, and it certainly won’t be the last. Brilliant in every aspect of filmmaking, one of the most honest scripts and acting you will ever watch, the way Asghar puts the camera in the far corner to make you feel helpless and just watch pure pain genius camerawork all around, not a single mediocre acting performance, but Shahab Hosseini as Hojjat is the standout here for me, one of the best acting i’ve ever seen in…
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woah
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kimsenin tamamen haklı olmaması en rahatsız edici ve en güzel şey
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Deeply human and heartbreaking story where no one is completely right or wrong. Quietly devastating and beautifully written.
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وانا نتفرج حاسا روحي معاهم من كثر الواقعية
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i wonder who termeh picked
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كذب الكذبه وصدقها ثلاثه لان النهاية مفتوحه ما احب الافلام الي تخليني احتار بس لو اني بمكان بنتهم راح اختار ابوها
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A Dramasterclass. How could I wait so long to see this incredible piece of writing? PS: Anatomy of a Fall owes A LOT to this movie.
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I was going for either this or Close Up. But now that i have seen it i am really moved. I don’t know how to feel, i mean it was emotional, disturbing to some extend and also too familiar 😔. Loved the performances, screenplay and the direction 🥹🥹
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Ogni parola sarebbe un insulto.
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that kid stuck in the middle, having to basically judge her own parents devastating. No score is too high for this. 5/5, absolute masterpiece
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Best
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madre mía que locura viejo
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These two are addicted to putting children in the middle of things Incredible screenplay but like why did I watch this on a Saturday night ya know ?
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the screenplay was so genuine i felt like i was intruding their personal space
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استهداف السينما الإيرانية للمشاكل الي عنجد بتمس بواقعنا وبتبعدنا عن الخيال والحياة المثالية الي نتخيلها بعد الزواج ، مجرد اختلاف آراء ممكن يأدي الى الانفصال وانت كمشاهد من بداية الفيلم الى نهايته وانت متحير لانه مافي طرف صحيح كل واحد وجهة نظرة صحيحه بالنسبة له وهاد ادى الى الانفصال .. من اوجع النهايات الي شاهدتها بحياتي واو 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Raw and real
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é necessario usar esse filme de exemplo para qualquer um que queira construir uma narrativa
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Iran cinema lagi lagi membuat saya merasa emosional Ntahlah bung kadang yg bikin gw cinta sama filmfilm Iran itu karena being realistis, khusunya scene beliau lagi mandiin ayahanya, scene itu membuat gw teringat nenek gw pas sebelum wafat. Gabisa nulisnlagi gw wok, karena saking emosional nya gw sama film ini.
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Ccallmemank 8 月 22, 2026
With or without realizing the viewer is flung into the judges seat, from start to finish the characters are pleading their case and nothing ever seems black or white. As simplistic as it might be to say the characters here and the story all feel so real. The sympathy one might feel keeps going back and forth, the layers of stress, miscommunication, and fear of peer judgement.
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kafayi yedim izlerken
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each characters broke me
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C’est pas trop ma came ça de base mais jme suis bien pris l’histoire
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adh film apalagi ini anjeengg
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لازم تتابعه اذا بتصير محنك
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Bir ayrılık deyip de geçmemeli insan. Ne olduğu önemli değil ama hayattaki herhangi bir kırılmanın peşi sıra daha büyük felaketleri beraberinde getirdiği kanaatindeyim. Cismi dünyada vuku bulan ne durum varsa insanda yeni bir kol açıyor sanki. Yeni bir ben, yeni bir duygu, yeni bir tepki… Sınanmamışlığın kibrinden midir nedir, bahsini açtığımız her kelime bir ip olup boğazımıza sarılıyor sanki. Ben iyiyim, ben dürüstüm, ben doğruyum demenin bile bir sonucu olur mu? Maalesef olur. Burada da belki de söylenmiş nice beylik…
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rewatch de una de las pocas cosas buenas que me dejó mi amigo iraní pq estoy nostálgica.
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Chinese below The screenplay is remarkably accomplished, and I especially admire the way the film uses space. The framing not only reflects the characters’ inner states, but also cleverly restricts the information available to the audience. Every major character is fully realized, with convincing motivations of their own; no one is simply “good” or “bad.” And yet, the messy, miserable reality of life inevitably unfolds from the collision of their respective truths. Nader’s insistence on personal dignity and self-respect; Simin’s…
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oscar ödüllü sanat sepet iran sinemasına ve recep ivedik 3e verdiğim puan: 3.5
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di apa apain ini
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Shattered my damn soul. Iranians films are THEE best
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on one hand, the plot synopsis is a crime bcus this movie is so much more than about a divorce, but to elaborate more about it further would just be spoiling it completely. this is one of those movies where the more you watch it, it actively (perhaps consciously) resists from being categorized. from the first scene you’ll think its a standard family drama (as i did), but then it becomes a legal drama, a crime drama, a mystery even, before…
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Eeren406 8 月 21, 2026
cried a lil more than anticipated
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Every second felt as though things were about to get even more complicated. It is definitely a must watch.
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eşittir mükemmel film
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A movie that is beyond any kind of rating. If I want to write about this, I couldn’t stop; it would be a paragraph. Don’t blame anyone; everyone has their own perspective. Don’t lie, or it will haunt you all your life. I should watch this again and again…….
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My first time watching Iranian cinema and I’m amazed what a movie! No villains no perfect heroes just flawed humans doing the wrong things for the right reasons كلشي منه المشكل ولكن كلشي معاه الحق
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i’m going to be thinking about this one for a long time. one time my dad told me that i choose my friends over my family, and that was a very american thing to do. if i wanted advice, if i was in trouble, if i wanted to spend time with someone, i would call a friend. he said in iran, blood is so much thicker than water. i texted kati after finishing the movie (obviously), and she told me…
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god damn. didn’t know what to expect and this absolutely floored me. insanely compelling filmmaking. just absolutely gripping from beginning to end. almost feels like a magic trick.
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بساطة وعمق السينما الايرانية هي الي تحليها بدون تركيز على المؤثرات البصرية او اللمسات المُكلفة، مجرد حوارات ولحظات صمت طويلة تخليك تحس نفس احاسيس الشخصيات الموجودة كانك موجود وياهم ومشاعر غير مبالغ فيها انما مشاعر حقيقية ونحس بيها لان نفس المشاعر الي تمر علينا بحياتنا اليومية، مشاكل الاب والام الي خلت بنتهم تحير منو تختار وخوف راضية تختار الاختيار الخطأ بسبب دينها وعصبية صمدي لاسباب مادية وحب واهتمام نادر لابوه حتى لو هو مايتذكره وبراءة سمية هاي اغلبها صراعات يومية…
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Termeh siklus seleb
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top cosas que nunca quiero vivir 1. un divorcio
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cok gri bir film
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Really good
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İnsan kaderine razi gelmek istemeyince bir cikis yolu arar, cogu zaman eline yuzune bulastirir. Bu da o tarz bi film
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baba bu neymiş ya. bir saniye bile uyusam mı diye düşünmedim valla süperdi her şey siyah veya beyaz değildir. bazen bazı şeyler gri de olabilir. açık gri. koyu gri. belki füme…
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L’effet Domino de fou… ça fait longtemps qu’un film m’ait fait ressenti autant d’émotions conflictuelles
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termehin iyi bir dayağa ihtiyacı var
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I’m just wondering who the daughter choose to live with??
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Lowkey hate giving into Ingrid’s recs
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Iranian films involving legal cases?? Gotta be one of my favorite genders,,,
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mt foda
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ALAMONKEY me nortie me ondie no me gusto no me gusto no me gusto
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What a real and grounded movie! If I were to pick a word to describe this movie I’d say “real”. Starting from the acting, which was phenomenal by literally everyone; the little girl, the old man, and the father & mother. The last scene with their daughter choosing felt so real. The way the director left us waiting on the answer with the characters left us space to process what happened in the movie. I think she would choose to live…
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Why must payman have been so stubborn, was all of that hassle really worth the loss of his family. Beautiful movie no doubt
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yüksek puan alan filmlere ortalamanın altında verince gelen kendinden şüphe hissi
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“You know, my problem is that I can’t speak like them. I just lose my control soon.”
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didn’t know Iranian cinema went this hard. when this came on TV, I was going to switch, bec I initially thought this was the movie about the American women being trapped in Iran by her husband. & i didn’t want to watch a racist stereotypical movie about how white americans suffer in the middle east. im so happy I kept watching. a new fav of mine
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Immersion dans la société iranienne à travers le prisme d’une séparation. Religion, famille, honneur et rédemption parviendront-ils à sauver cette famille ?
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结尾停留在法庭长廊里，女儿的选择我们不得而知，调解的结果我们不得而知。他们做的抉择是出于困境的无奈，没有真正的对与错。
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old man gives the best performance I’ve ever seen??
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din hocası izletti👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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Hands down my fav Iranian film Asghar farhadi is a master at creating the most difficult moral conundrums nd this film is a perfect example of that
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Packs an emotional punch and the twists and turns are diabolical lol. That ending is so haunting…
- Synopsis
- A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
- Director
- Asghar Farhadi
- Writer
- Asghar Farhadi
- Studio
- Asghar Farhadi Productions, Memento Films Production
- Country
- Iran, France
- Language
- Persian (Farsi)
- Year
- 2011
- Runtime
- 123 mins
- Iran01 Feb 2011
- Germany15 Feb 2011
- UK01 Jul 2011
- South Korea15 Feb 2011
- Iran15 Mar 2011
- Luxembourg28 Apr 2011
- Romania03 Jun 2011
- Belgium08 Jun 2011
- Turkey01 Jul 2011
- Czechia05 Jul 2011
- Armenia11 Jul 2011
- Germany14 Jul 2011
- Croatia18 Jul 2011
- South Africa26 Jul 2011
- Netherlands11 Aug 2011
- Hungary25 Aug 2011
- Switzerland08 Sep 2011
- Sweden16 Sep 2011
- Greece29 Sep 2011
- Poland07 Oct 2011
- United Arab Emirates13 Oct 2011
- Italy21 Oct 2011
- Finland11 Nov 2011
- North Macedonia17 Nov 2011
- Austria18 Nov 2011
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