A Separation

Translated from swedish: Above all, "A Separation" is a deeply human and highly universal story about the pain, guilt, and choices when families are torn apart. And that in a masterfully vital film form.
- Eva af Geijerstam

Swedish: dn.se »

Translated from swedish: Farhadi skilfully twists the moral perspectives by adding new details in scene after scene, where everyone seems to have an equal amount of right and wrong. During the two hours the film lasts, I am completely absorbed by the acting (the ensemble was collectively rewarded with the Silver Bear in Berlin) and the plot, where Mahmood Kalari's photography observes the escalating conflict with a precision that matches Farhadi's masterful direction.
- Mats T Olsson

Swedish: bt.se »

Translated from swedish: Masterful about a family with problems

Swedish: Folkbladet.nu »

Translated from swedish: It is a sensational drama that blurs the boundaries between an 'us' and a 'them', and which simultaneously tells the story of a contemporary Iran in a way that a three-minute news segment could never do.
- Björn Englöv

Swedish: cine.se »

Translated from swedish: The winner of this year's Guldbagge (Golden Bug) award provides an unusually nuanced picture of the Iranian society that forces people to go in a roundabout way around religious precepts and authorities' instructions.
- Karoline Eriksson

Swedish: svd.se »

Translated from swedish: Sometimes everything feels hopeless, sometimes one senses a glimmer of light in the love between children and their parents. Often one gets angry and does not understand the characters, but one still cares about how it will turn out. To err is human, which is one of the film's many self-evident messages.
- Andreas Samuelson

Swedish: moviezine.se »

Translated from swedish: It's not good - but in an equally convincing and worth seeing way. The one who disappears the most in the tumult is the origin and center of the drama, the old Alzheimer's patient.
- Bernt Eklund

Swedish: expressen.se »

Translated from swedish: Asgar Fahradi has been criticized for not attacking the Iranian regime, and it's true that it's not a pamphlet, but resistance doesn't always have to come as a clenched fist. It can also be about getting people to start thinking.
- Fredrik Sahlin

Swedish: svt.se »

Translated from swedish: An intense story from modern-day Iran
- Susanne Sigroth-Lambe

Swedish: unt.se »

Translated from swedish: Compelling everyday drama

Swedish: aftonbladet.se »

Translated from swedish: Introverted 11-year-old Termeh, played by the director's own daughter Sarina, takes on everything, is expected to come up with solutions and carries a great deal of compressed anguish on her slender shoulders. Her gaze is difficult to defend against.
- Maria Domellöf-Wik

Swedish: gp.se »

Translated from swedish: The film is about people with conscience, pride, sometimes too much, sometimes too little. It is, I hope, a film that opens the eyes at least a little to all those who believe they have no morals, that religion is the root of all evil, or that they can do whatever they want.

Swedish: fredrikfyhr.se »

Translated from swedish: The youth are the hope for the future. Adults seem hopelessly lost in their outdated positions and traditions. One inevitably gets political thoughts and begins to ponder solutions. And perhaps that is the true purpose of the film? If so, they have succeeded.
- Jan-Eje Ferling

Swedish: filmeye.se »

Translated from swedish: The pace in "A Separation" is simply a bit too sluggish for the story to really grab the viewer.
- Sara Ullberg

Swedish: gd.se »