A SEPARATION World Cinema

When Simin files for divorce from her husband Nader, neither of them imagines that her action will lead to a domestic incident that will force each member of the family to conceal the truth in a desperate attempt to protect each other Director Asghar Farhadi defly builds mounting suspense with smart narrative twists and turns. He also elicits haunting performances from his cast, noteably from his own daughter Sarina Farhadi as Termeh, the 11-year-old-child who is forced to take sides in her family’s domestic dispute. A SEPARATION is a clear-eyed and complex portrait of a modern middle-class Iranian family that is drawn into an ever-escalating feud.