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The film A Separation is a typical example of the new Iranian cinema because it presents the life-like conflicts and struggles as one of the main formal characteristics of the new Iranian cinema. This film contains a lot of issues which cannot simply be judged as right or wrong; rather, the struggles are caused by the different point of view and ideologies about religion, truth, and humanity. The title of the film, A Separation, can be unpacked into three-fold ideas: the divorce between Nader and Simin, the judgment between two households, and the conflict between whether to follow the truth, as obeying the religion, or to act based on humanity. The first fold separation between husband and wife reveals diverse ideologies and attitudes about dealing with an issue. The first separation at the beginning of the film is presented by a long take. In this long take, the couple is positioned equally in the frame with the constant shaking of the camera. The shakiness of the handheld camera implies that the …show more content…

If the film just stays at the first two-folds of the meaning of separation, it is no more than an Iranian farce. Even though everyone has their own concerns and things they withheld, the theme is sublimated when Razieh asks Simin not to pay the money because “it is a sin to take the money”, and she “afraid something will happen to my child.” Razieh knows, from the beginning, that Rader is not the killer of her baby. She acts on humanity that she wants to pay for her husband’s debts by suing Nader. Ultimately, nonetheless, she cannot convince herself to disobey the religion, always telling the truth. It is human nature for a wife wants to help her husband, and it is right for a believer to follow her religion. Even at the end of the film, the audience does not know how they would pay the

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