A Separation

A middle class Tehran couple separate when the wife wants to leave the country and the husband will not abandon his father, who has dementia. His hiring of a poorer, pregnant woman to care for the old man leads to an accident, a dispute, and legal proceedings that entangle both families, with the couple's daughter caught in the middle.

The film anatomises truth, guilt, and moral defence, showing decent people lie and rationalise under pressure while a child absorbs the cost. It gives a therapist a close look at how conscience bends and how blame circulates. It won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012.