Asghar Farhadi’s film slyly reveals itself to be more than a political parable about the cascading injustices of the debtor’s prison.
Farhadi's film remains one of the most important films of the young decade to date.
To get an idea of A Separation’s thematic scope, imagine a slow moving avalanche that starts with a single bad decision.
Unpredictable twists, a gathering sense of dread, and the tender humanism that infuse it all make Farhadi’s film absorbing.
To read A Separation as a metaphor on both a big and small scale is not just accurate but unavoidable.