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Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (2011)

PG-13  |   |  Drama  |  16 March 2011 (Iran)
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A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.

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Sarina Farhadi ...
Merila Zare'i ...
Miss Ghahraii
Ali-Asghar Shahbazi ...
Nader's Father
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Somayeh
Shirin Yazdanbakhsh ...
Sahabanu Zolghadr ...
Azam
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Shirin Azimiyannezhad ...
Woman in the Bus
Hamid Dadju ...
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Storyline

Nader (Peyman Moaadi) and Simin (Leila Hatami) argue about living abroad. Simin prefers to live abroad to provide better opportunities for their only daughter, Termeh. However, Nader refuses to go because he thinks he must stay in Iran and take care of his father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi), who suffers from Alzheimers. However, Simin is determined to get a divorce and leave the country with her daughter. Written by Amin Davoodi

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Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material | See all certifications »

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16 March 2011 (Iran)  »

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Nader and Simin, a Separation  »

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Budget:

$500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$59,481 (USA) (30 December 2011)

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$7,098,492 (USA) (15 June 2012)
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The first film to win three Bears from the Berlin International Film Festival. See more »

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When Simin and Hojjat's sister are talking to Hojjat, the fan behind Hojjat is on at first, but off and facing a different angle in subsequent scenes. See more »

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Simin: Does he even realize you are his son?
Nader: I know he is my father!
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Maybe the movie of the year
10 October 2011 | by (Stockholm, Sweden) – See all my reviews

And it comes from Iran. The first thing you read on the screen is "In the name of God". Well, anyway it's the best story, the best cutting, the best actors you've seen for long. And few films are that stomach-turning, although there's hardly any physical violence.

A wife wants to go abroad. Her husband can't because he wants to take of his senile father. The wife moves and the husband hires a woman to look after his father.

And then the screw turns, although most of the story takes place in everyday Iranian life. The center of it all is perhaps the daughter, who is nearly teared apart. But it takes time until you realize that. Anyway, I can almost guarantee you sit the film through, until the final post-texts has passed.

So amazingly clever.


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