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.
If A Separation hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Like A Separation, this one is rooted in guilt, loyalty under pressure, and injustice. They share the same lens on corrupt institutions, class and money, and life under oppression. Both move the same way too, tense, slow burn, and escalating.
What ties these together is guilt, feeling powerless, and loyalty under pressure. The world both films live in revolves around class and money and corrupt institutions. Both move the same way too, tense, escalating, and methodical.
