A SEPARATION
There is one shot in A Separation that specifically caught
my attention when the film just began. It is when Simin attempts to visit her
estranged husband, Narder, only to be prevented by the porters who refuse to
carry the wardrobes up one more floor. This obstruction instantly reveals a
major, overarching theme of this brilliant work, that is stinginess, or to be
exact, ‘the limit of human generosity’. One can perhaps wonder whether this is
a commentary on the reality of Iranian society specifically – maybe, Asghar
Farhadi’s intention was just simply. However, even if his film was not meant to
be a depressing portrait of human nature universally, his careful observation
and intimate empathy certainly have made it so. The trap that, in his opinion,
every Iranian seems to be caught in turns out to be an indiscriminate trap of
humanity. Narder and Simin are torn apart by a struggle between past and
future, only to find out that every present moment is indeed a battle in
itself. It is, indeed, difficult to get through every moment of this life when
there is no standard, no boundary and no clarity whatsoever, no matter how hard
we try to define them.
A Separation won the Golden Bear at Berlin 2011. It remained one of the best films of the year.
Rating: 8/10
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