“A Separation” wins the Golden Globe
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Iranian movie “A Separation” won the Golden Globe for the Best Foreign Language Film. The prestigious award was presented by Madonna to director Asghar Farhadi at the 69th Golden Globes Sunday in Beverly Hills.
Accepting his award, Farhadi thanked his cast, crew, producers and distributors. “When I was coming up on stage, I was thinking what I should say here,” he said, “I prefer to say something about about my people. They are a truly peace-loving people.” Standing on stage, next to Farhadi, was actor Peyman Moaadi who portrays Nader in “A Separation.”
Director Asghar Farhadi and actor Peyman Moaadi at the Golden Globes | Photo: AFP
The critically-acclaimed “A Separation” is the first Iranian film to ever be nominated for and win a Golden Globe. Beating Angelina Jolie‘s “In the Land of Honey and Blood” and Pedro Almodovar‘s “The Skin I Live in,” the Iranian film now is a front-runner and a clear favorite to win this year’s Oscar.
Director Asghar Farhdai (L) with actor Peyman Moaadi, accepting the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film | Photo: Handout/Getty
Reactions:
After the Golden Globes, top movie critic Roger Ebert wrote about Farhadi’s acceptance speech: “Exactly the right note is struck in his Globes speech by Asghar Farhadi, director of ‘A Separation,’ year’s best film.”
Roger Cohen, The New York Times‘ columnist hailed “A Separation” in a tweet as a film that “richly merits its Golden Globe to understand Iran — its inertia, anger, culture and religious-secular divide.”
With an outstanding 94% rate of positive reviews, “A Separation” is MetaCritic‘s best-reviewed movie of 2011.
On the other major review aggregation site, Rotten Tomatoes, “A Separation” has a perfect 100% rate of positive reviews — a “Certified Fresh.”
