Tense and narratively complex, formally dense and morally challenging, Iranian helmer-writer Asghar Farhadi‘s impressive drama “Nader and Simin, a Separation” is his strongest work yet. The ...

Kingdoms will fall and seas will boil before a significant portion of the American movie-going audience goes to see a subtitled Iranian film like Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-nominated A Separation. But ...

Iranian Asghar Farhadi’s Berlin Golden Bear, actor and actress winner, “Nader and Simin, A Separation,” also looks a strong candidate for another crown: Berlin’s 2011 European Film Market’s artpic ...

MARRAKECH – Compassion, understanding, not taking characters at face value. These are all philosophies that inform Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s sage, humanistic approach to drawing his characters ...

Berlin — Asghar Farhadi’s Iranian drama “Nader and Simin, a Separation,” a look at contemporary Iranian society, took the top three awards at the Berlinale on Saturday, including the Golden Bear for ...

Asghar Farhadi’s family drama “A Separation” rolled through awards season with a string of prizes in the midst of highly tense relations between the United States and Iran. “A Separation” won the ...

A Separation—the fifth feature by Iranian writer/director Asghar Farhadi—is an urgently shot courtroom drama designed to put you in the jury box. Dispensing with preliminaries, it opens at a judicial ...

Two hours of social realism from a director and cast with little profile outside the festival circuit is hardly a surefire formula for year-end acclaim. But Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation has been ...

Director Asghar Farhadi’s portrayal of a marriage in crisis was favourite for the coveted award after winning praise for its subtle exploration of Iran’s class divisions and religious conservatism ...