☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ½
A Separation (2011) -- A. Farhadi
Serious melodrama from
Iran (winner of the best foreign film Oscar last year) that is also a mystery
story, a courtroom drama, a Rashomon-like tale of multiple conflicting
viewpoints, and a reflection on lying, truth, and morality. Shot in a style more appropriate for
documentaries captured on the fly (which is also a strategy used by other
Iranians in the past, such as Kiarostami), Asghar Farhadi conceals telling
details from us even as he chooses to show other intimate moments. This is
after all a view into a relationship that is falling apart. Often heart and gut wrenching but nevertheless
intellectually teasing, this time Oscar got it right.
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