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A Separation

Asghar Farhadi · 2011 CE · Film · Persian · Contemporary

A Tehran couple separate when the wife wants to leave the country and the husband will not leave his father, who has Alzheimer's. He hires a woman to sit with the old man, something happens while he is out, and both families end up in front of a judge. Every side honest and no side right.

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Attributes

Genre
PsychologicalTragedy
Theme
Guilt & ConscienceClass & InequalityFaith & DoubtJustice & Revenge
Archetype (Jung / Campbell)
EverymanCaregiver
Plot structure
TrialTragic Reversal
Symbol / motif
The TrialThe StaircaseThe House
Conflict
vs Personvs Society
Mode / tone
RealistTragic
Culture / tradition
Persian

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