Jodaeiye Nader az Simin/A Separation (2011)

Iran; 123min
Drama

Director: Asghar Farhadi

Writer: Asghar Farhadi

Stars: Payman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat

Last Asghar Farhadi's family drama is definitely one of the best films of recent years what is evidenced with  59 awards won by the movie including Oscar and Golden Bear, and a total of over 80 nominations.
Farhadi is highly respected Iranian filmmaker who has in the past ten years gathered over 20 international awards and was this year ranked among Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.

 A Separation is the story of an ordinary Iranian family. Mother (Simin) believes that it is better for the life of their daughter to leave Iran and move to the west, while the father (Nader) wants to stay in Iran and take care of his sick father. Conflict leads to the separation of Simin and Nader. Then father's new guardian steps into the story. She accuses Nader for a physical attack in which she lost a child.
Although story is seemingly very simple, screenplay is definitely one of the best in recent times. Deep, complex, with great characters that are hard to forget and with authentic depiction of lately demonized Iran.
Although a good portion of the cast is relatively amateurish, except Leila Hatami (Simin) and Shahab Hossein (guardian's husband), acting is flawless.
The technical part is just as we expect form Farhadi, almost no complaints. One of complaints that goes to technical part is unuse of music, but although some scenes would made better impression no one can say that Farhadi's movies aren't grat just as they are. Special strong scenes are the ones from courtroom, starting from the first scene of dialogue between Simin and Nader with the judge which lasts for more than three and a half minutes and which immediately announces way of filming that is only possible with perfect acting. Characters that look so realistically is almost impossible to find.
Brilliant movie that is definitely one of the best of 2011.

Posljednja obiteljska drama Asghara Farhadia je definitivno jedan od najboljih filmova posljednjih godina što potvrđuje čak 59 nagrada koje je film osvojio među kojima su i Oscar i Zlatni Medvjed, te ukupno preko 80 nominacija.

Farhadi je inače veoma cijenjeni Iranski filmaš koji je u posljednjih desetak godina prikupio preko 20 međunarodnih priznanja, te ga je ove godine Time magazin uvrstio među 100 najutjecajnijih ljudi svijeta.
A Separation je priča o običnoj iranskoj obitelji. Majka (Simin) uvjerena da je to bolje za život njihove kćeri želi napustiti Iran i odseliti na zapad, dok otac (Nader) želi ostati u Iranu i brinuti se za bolesnog oca. Sukob dovodi do razdvajanja roditelja, a u priču se upleće skrbnica bolesnog oca koja optužuje Nadera sa fizički napad u kojem gubi dijete.
Iako naizgled priča izgleda jednostavno scenarij je definitvno jedan od najboljih u posljednje vrijeme. Dubok, kompleksan sa fenomenalnim likovima koji se teško zaboravljaju i sa autentičnim prikazom u posljednje vrijeme demoniziranog Irana.

 Iako je dobar dio glumačke postave relativno amaterski, izuzev Leile Hatami i Shahaba Hosseina koji utjelovljuju Simin i skrbničinog muža, gluma je besprijekorna.
Tehnički dio je onakav kakav se od Farhadia i očekuje, gotovo bez zamjerke. Još kad bi kvalitetnije počeo koristiti glazbenu podlogu teško bi bilo nači ikakvu kritiku. Posebno su snažne scene u sudnici, počevši od prve scene dijaloga roditelja sa sucem u trajanju od tri i pol minute, koja odmah najavljuje način snimanja koji je moguć samo kod besprijekorne glume. Likove koji djeluju stvarnije je gotovo nemoguće naći.
Briljantan naslov koji je uz The Intouchables definitivno film 2011. godine.