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.
Acting
Termeh's silent devastation steals every scene she's in.
Writing
Farhadi constructs ambiguity so perfect you'll argue for hours.
Direction
Doorways and thresholds as emotional battlegrounds.
Director
Asghar Farhadi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sarina Farhadi, who plays Termeh, is director Asghar Farhadi's real daughter; their actual father-daughter tension reportedly helped the performance.
The film was banned from Iranian state TV for showing a woman removing her hijab in court—a small act that became politically seismic.
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