
A Separation(2011)
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.


“We all die one day, don't worry, no one's ever left alive.”
Somaieh, the youngest daughter of an indigent family, is getting married and fear is overwhelming each and every member of the family regarding how to overcome their difficulties after she's gone.

Payman Maadi
Morteza

Parinaz Izadyar
Somayeh

Navid Mohammadzadeh
Mohsen

Shabnam Moghadami
Azam

Rima Raminfar
Shahnaz
Mahdi Gorbani
Navid
Masoumeh Rahmani
Leila

Shirin Yazdanbakhsh
Mother
Life and a Day is a drama film released in 2016 exploring themes of drug dealer, middle east, family relationships, tragedy, iran. Directed by Saeed Roustaee, it stars Payman Maadi, Parinaz Izadyar, Navid Mohammadzadeh. Somaieh, the youngest daughter of an indigent family, is getting married and fear is overwhelming each and every member of the family regarding how to overcome their difficulties after she's gone.
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