In an early announcement to retailers, independent British distributors Artificial Eye have revealed that they will release on Blu-ray Asghar Farhadi's A Separation (2011). Earlier this year, A Separation was the stand out film of the 2011 Berlin Film Festival and winner of the prestigious Golden Bear Award. Street date is October 24th.
Written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, the film boasts a range of superb performances from the ensemble cast who collectively received the Silver Bears for both Best Actor and Best Actress at the Berlinale. The compelling narrative is driven by a taut and finely written script rooted in the particular of Iranian society but which transcends its setting to create a stunning morality play with universal resonance.
When his wife (Leila Hatami) leaves him, Nader (Peyman Moadi) hires a young woman (Sareh Bayat) to take care of his suffering father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi). But he doesn't know his new maid is not only pregnant, but also working without her unstable husband's (Shahab Hosseini) permission. Soon, Nader finds himself entangled in a web of lies manipulation and public confrontations.
A Separation is the first ever Iranian film to be awarded the Golden Bear Award.
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