A Separation

"Impressively shot and acted, A Separation refuses to judge its characters: everyone here has their reasons."

"However ripe A Separation might seem for being adapted into a smart American film, Hollywood shouldn't bother. Farhadi's movie is just about perfect as it is."

"With great power and subtlety, Farhadi transforms this ugly quarrel into a contemporary tragedy."

""A Separation" touches on religious strictures and the role of women in Iran, but it does so with a light hand and not a twitch of condemnation."

"The writer-director, Asghar Farhadi, tells his story with a fair and even hand. His only agenda seems to be to express empathy."

"Powerful art cinema that challenges political and social unity in Iran."

"Beyond the impeccable performances and direction, it’s foremost an exceptional piece of screenwriting, so finely wrought that the drama seems guided by an invisible hand."