Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The stand out film of the 2011 Berlin Film Festival & winner of the Golden Bear A Separation is a suspenseful & intelligent drama detailing the fractures & tensions at the heart of Iranian society Written & directed by Asghar Farhadi the film boasts a range of superb performances from the ensemble cast who collectively received the Silver Bears for both Best Actor & Best Actress at the Berlinale The compelling narrative is driven by a taut & finely written script rooted in the particular of Iranian society but which transcends its setting to create a stunning morality play with universal resonance When his wife (Leila Hatami) leaves him Nader (Peyman Moadi) hires a young woman (Sareh Bayat) to take care of his suffering father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi) But he doesn&t know his new maid is not only pregnant but also working without her unstable husband&s (Shahab Hosseini) permission Soon Nader finds himself entangled in a web of lies manipulation & public confrontations A Separation is the first ever Iranian film to be awarded the Golden Bear In 2001 Iranian born director Asghar Farhadi wrote the screenplay for Ebrahim Hatamikia&s box-office & critical success Low Heights His directorial debut was in 2003 with Dancing in the Dust After Beautiful City in 2004 & Fireworks Wednesday in 2006 Farhadi directed About Elly winning the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 2009 Berlinale A Separation is his fifth feature A Separation continued it&s award stealing sweep by picking up the Oscar statuette for Best Foreign Language Film at this years Academy Awards This comes after it&s triumph win at the Golden Globes The British Independent Film Awards & the BBC Four World Cinema Awards Actors Leila Hatami Peyman Moadi Shahab Hosseini Sareh Bayat Sarina Farhadi Babak Karimi Ali-Asghar Shahbazi & Kimia Hosseini Director Asghar Farhadi Certificate PGYear 2011 Languages Persian Subtitles English Duration 2 hours (approx)