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Payman Maadi, Sarina Farhadi, Leila Hatami, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, Ali Asghar Shahbazi

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Roland

This seems like a fascinating movie, not something I would normally ever grab off the shelf. I would love a brief review from J&K as to whether it's worth watching or not. :)

Carl Wilson

Eager to see what they think too, but you don't need to wait for that. Just to cut-and-paste from its wikipedia entry: Sight & Sound magazine included the film in its list of "30 great films of the 2000s". A Separation was later named the ninth-greatest film of the 21st century in a 2016 BBC critics' poll. In 2018, the film was ranked 21st in the BBC's list of The 100 greatest foreign language films of all time. In 2019, The Guardian ranked the film 36th in its 100 best films of the 21st century list. In 2021, members of Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) voted its screenplay 66th in WGA’s 101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (So Far). In 2022, Sight and Sound ranked the film 72nd in its Directors' 100 Greatest Films of All Time list In 2025, the film ranked number 33 on The New York Times' list of "The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century" and was one of the films voted for the "Readers' Choice" edition of the list, finishing at number 145. In July 2025, it ranked number 12 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century."

Adam Grant

"Really complex people and a really complex story" sums it up, I think all of the adults are simultaneously insufferable and empathetic. The pregnant woman shouldn't have brought charges against him, but at the same time, she just lost a baby, she couldn't tell her husband how it really happened out of fear of the confrontation, which made him push for what he thought was justice and she got swept along in that, meanwhile she herself admitted in court that she wasn't as bothered by the miscarriage so much as being called a thief (and presumably not getting paid when they're desperate for money). And her husband is definitely the least redeemable but I still understand where he's coming from, he's been in and out of prison because of debts so probably not in the best place already, he also lost a baby, and all he knows is the story his wife told him that she lost the baby because this other guy pushed her. Meanwhile with the main couple the husband lets his stubbornness prevent him from acting on what he wants or is in his best interest but we see several times that he's still honest and good natured, and the wife is reasonable in wanting to leave for their daughter's wellbeing but she's not realistic by not considering his father and there's also a part of her that's just trying to test whether her husband will fight for her, putting the daughter she's trying to protect in the middle of it in the process. Anyways Asgar Farhadi (the director) is a master at making movies that are effortlessly gripping in a very naturalistic way, hope you guys watch more of his stuff some day (was torn between buying this and About Elly).

Carl Wilson

Also love About Elly. Along with everything you describe, Adam, I think it has to be noted that all the characters are acting within a legal and social structure that forces them into impossible decisions, beginning with the woman being unable to get a divorce, as well as the debtor's prison, etc.