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.
Key facts
Cast
Payman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi, Ali-Asghar Shahbazi, Merila Zarei, Babak Karimi
Original language
Persian
First release
February 15, 2011 (South Korea)
Distributors
MÉTROPOLE FILMS
Awards
Golden Bear, Silver Bear for Best Actress, Silver Bear for Best Actor, César Award for Best Foreign Film, Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Feature Film
Setting
Tehran
Filming locations
Tehran
Crew
Screenplay
Asghar Farhadi
Producer
Asghar Farhadi
Cinematography
Mahmoud Kalari
Editing
Hayedeh Safiyari
Music
Sattar Oraki
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
- Los Angeles Film Awards 2025
- Academy Awards 2012 academy_award ★ Won: Best Foreign Language Film
- César Awards 2012 generic - Meilleur Film Étranger ★ Meilleur Film Étranger
- Independent Spirit Awards 2012 generic
- Berlin International Film Festival 2011 generic
- Toronto International Film Festival 2011 generic
Titles
| Québec French title | Une séparation | |
| Alternate title | Nader and Simin, a Separation | |
| Alternate title | Nader et Simin, une séparation |
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | South Korea | February 15, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Iran | March 15, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Luxembourg | April 28, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Romania | June 3, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Belgium | June 8, 2011 |
| Theatrical | France | June 8, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Thailand | June 23, 2011 |
| Theatrical | United Kingdom | July 1, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Turkey | July 1, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Czech Republic | July 5, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Armenia | July 11, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Germany | July 14, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Croatia | July 18, 2011 |
| Theatrical | South Africa | July 26, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Netherlands | August 11, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Hungary | August 25, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Switzerland | September 8, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Sweden | September 16, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Greece | September 29, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Spain | October 7, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Poland | October 7, 2011 |
| Theatrical | United Arab Emirates | October 13, 2011 |
| Theatrical | South Korea | October 13, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Italy | October 21, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Finland | November 11, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Macedonia | November 17, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Austria | November 18, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Denmark | November 24, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Russia | November 24, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Portugal | December 15, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Norway | December 25, 2011 |
| Theatrical | United States | December 29, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Brazil | January 20, 2012 |
| Theatrical | Canada | January 20, 2012 |
| Theatrical | Israel | February 16, 2012 |
| Theatrical | Australia | March 1, 2012 |
| Theatrical | Hong Kong | March 1, 2012 |
| Theatrical | Singapore | March 8, 2012 |
| Theatrical | South Korea | March 14, 2012 |
| Theatrical | Bulgaria | March 23, 2012 |
| Theatrical | Japan | April 7, 2012 |
| Theatrical | New Zealand | April 19, 2012 |
| Theatrical | Mexico | April 20, 2012 |
| Theatrical | Argentina | May 3, 2012 |
| Theatrical | Estonia | May 9, 2012 |
| Theatrical | Slovenia | May 23, 2012 |
| Theatrical | KW | June 28, 2012 |
| Television | Israel | February 10, 2013 |
| Television | Netherlands | June 7, 2014 |
| Streaming | France | April 1, 2017 |
| Streaming | France | August 1, 2022 |
| Classification | Germany | 12 |
| Classification | United Kingdom | PG |
| Classification | United States | PG-13 |
Versions & editions
| Original version (Persian) | ||
| Home video | France | November 8, 2011 |
| Home video | Netherlands | November 21, 2011 |
| Home video | United Kingdom | December 6, 2011 |
| Home video | Greece | September 7, 2012 |
Full credits
| Director | Asghar Farhadi |
| Cast | Payman Maadi (Nader), Leila Hatami (Simin), Shahab Hosseini (Hojjat), Sareh Bayat (Razieh), Sarina Farhadi (Termeh), Ali-Asghar Shahbazi (Nader's Father), Merila Zarei (Miss Ghahraii - Termeh's Teacher), Babak Karimi (Interrogator), Kimia Hosseini (Somayyeh - Razieh's Daughter), Armine Zeytounchian (Mrs. Kalaani), Shirin Yazdanbakhsh (Simin's Mother), Mohammad Sajadian (Soldier), Bahareh Riyahi (Hospital Receptionist) |
| Screenplay | Asghar Farhadi |
| Producer | Asghar Farhadi |
| Executive producer | Negar Eskandarfar |
| Cinematography | Mahmoud Kalari |
| Editing | Hayedeh Safiyari |
| Music | Sattar Oraki |
| Production design | Keyvan Moghaddam |
| Sound | Mahmoud Samakbashi |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
