Best Foreign Film and Screenplay Oscar candidate from Iran: A Separation
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Global Glimpses: A Separation Date February 17, 2012 Location Washington, D.C. (http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/locations/city/washingtondc/) Price SINGLE EVENT: $8 Buy Tickets ahead as this will sell out! (http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=22070&pid=7199741)
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A still from the film A Separation Photograph courtesy Sony Pictures Classics
Directed by Asghar Farhadi
Iran I 2011 I 123 minutes I Farsi with English subtitles
When an Iranian couple separate prior to their divorce, a chain of events is set in motion that will affect the future of two families. After his wife’s departure, Nadar hires a woman named Razieh to care for his elderly father, but complications in Razieh’s own life give rise to an escalating series of problems.
Visit the official film site (http://www.sonyclassics.com/aseparation/) for A Separation.
This film has already won the first prize at Berlin festival last year and Golden Globe this year.
Lets meet at 6 pm at the theater reception area. Their free parking also opens at 6 pm and there is a reception before the film.