Can this Marriage be Saved?

Asghar Farhadi and Iran’s Middle Class

Courtesy of Film Comment Magazine

“A Separation” written and directed by Asghar Farhadi (the Iranian director who refused to come to the Academy Awards in the face of the 2016 travel ban) is incredibly layered, subtle, smart, and audacious. As this movie won the 2012 Oscar for Best Foreign Film, Farhadi’s decision in 2016 made headlines. This is a man who knows a thing or two about government oppression.