A separation is a sophisticated, super acted and wholly gripping portrait of modern Iran. Naders father has Alzheimers, Nader hires Razieh to look after his father but she has problems too.her short tempered husband doesnt approve her to work & her own religious qualms that lead her to call an Islamic helpline to find out whether she is permitted to pull down. One disastrous day she and nader have an altercation.she is pregnant, nader pushes her out and slams the door, and she falls A separation shows economic, religious & gender separation in iranian society