Wednesday February 6th 2013
Iran 2011  117 minutes
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Starring: Leila Hatami, Peyman Moadi, Sareh Bayat

A young husband (Nader) and wife (Simin) are on the point of divorcing. Simin wants to leave Iran for a better life, taking their only daughter Termeh with her. Nader feels he must stay to look after his ailing father. Simin moves out to stay with her parents, and Nader is forced to find a carer for his father. The subsequent complications give a fascinating insight into ‘shariah’ law at the domestic level. The film has been described as ‘fiercely intelligent, morally and emotionally complex’ by the critics, and was awarded an Oscar in 2012 for best Foreign Language Film - the first Iranian film to be so honoured.