Today I offer for your consideration the winner in the Best Foreign Language Film Category at the 2012 Academy Awards, A Separation.
A Separation is the first film from Iran to win an Academy Award. It is also the first to be nominated for Best Original Screenplay, an award that went to the excellent Midnight In Paris.
If you can't stand reading subtitles, then A Separation is not the movie for you. However, I was enthralled by the plot and the outstanding acting as a married couple heads toward divorce because the wife wants to go to America to make a better life for their daughter, while the husband feels he should stay in Iran to take care of his father, who has Alzheimer's Disease.
Hiring a caretaker for the elderly man only makes the situation worse.
A Separation has the Highest Janie Junebug Seal of Approval. I absolutely love this movie.
Dee, I doubt if this new-to-DVD film will be in your library -- at least not for a while. Perhaps you can add it to your list of Must See movies because I think you will be impressed by it.
For those of you who still have high temps and humidity, as I do, then stay in and watch a good movie. If your weather is cooling off, then please don't tell me. I don't want to hear about a high of 80 when I'm sweltering.
It's not the heat or the humidity alone. It's both.
We expect a 100% reality of miserable weather for at least two more months. I just keep telling myself that I shall never again shovel snow.
Infinities of love,
Janie Junebug
My lips are sealed. ;)
ReplyDeleteI have this movie in my Netflix queue but it still says "long wait". I'll see it eventually. Sounds good!
Have a great weekend! :)
I hope your lips aren't sealed with crazy glue cuz it would really hurt to open your mouth when you need to eat. I put the new movies with a release date that show up at the bottom of my queue in my #1 spot, or 2 or 3, if necessary, and I usually get them right after they're released. Or maybe someone at Netflix just likes me and my "strategery" (to quote George W.) has no meaning.
ReplyDeleteI'm not usually into subtitles, but I just put it in my Netflix queue.
ReplyDeleteI feel extremely powerful and influential. When I run for office, will you be my campaign manager? We'll have Elisa and Melynda write all the campaign literature and create slogans. I don't know what I'll run for, but I'll think of something.
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DeleteThat sounds like a really good movie. Since it has your highest seal of approval, I'll have to check it out.
ReplyDeleteThank you for approving of my approval. I am honored, and I'm not kidding. It means a lot to me that my readers seem to like my movie reviews so much. I hope I've steered people toward some great movies they might not see otherwise.
DeleteI actually like shoveling snow. Just not delivering mail in it. We're headed for a cool off soon (I hope) and then it will be nothing but crisp fall leaves and frost on the pumpkin. :)
ReplyDeleteOur leaves usually fall in January/February. We'll never have frost on the pumpkin. Gosh, you're making me miss fall weather.
DeleteI tried to put this under your reply, but Blogger wouldn't let me:
ReplyDeleteI don't suppose "You don't want to vote for her, do you?" would be a very good slogan...
Sounds like a great movie, I don't know about the subtitles though. What I really want to know is if I can run with you when you run for whatever office you want to run for. I think we wold make a great politician team, but I can't run for prez. not having been born here and all. :)
ReplyDeleteLet's just run for president together. I can be the born here part and you can supply the money.
DeleteWe sustain ourselves during these long hot summers by reminding ourselves that we don't have to shovel snow anymore, too. (Nonetheless, our old snow shovel has been stored... and is rusting away... under our house since 1971... just in case.) On the other hand, we DO have to occasionally shovel pollen. Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteI've never needed to shovel pollen. That would do wonders for my allergies.
DeleteI've never even heard of this movie. It would drive me nuts though as I can't read the subtitles and Phil has to read them for me. GRRR lol Hope you have a great weekend lady.
ReplyDeleteLove ya
Yeah, it drives me crazy when Phil reads subtitles to me.
DeleteDear Janie, thanks for thinking of my penchant for getting all the movies I view from the library. But maybe I could get out and about and actually pay to see a movie!!! This sounds as if it would be one I'd enjoy. Thanks for recommending it so highly. I'll look in the paper to see if it's showing anywhere nearby. Have a lovely weekend. Peace.
ReplyDeleteHi Dee! Since this movie is on DVD, I doubt if you'd find it in a theater. If you did, it would be an art house type movie. You can get it from Netflix and you might be able to rent it at one of those red box things or at a Blockbuster, if you have one where you live. Everywhere I go, the Blockbusters close soon after I arrive. Movie rental stores are becoming a thing of the past.
DeleteI don't really watch that many serious movies,cause they usually make me cry or feel bad for being happy all the time ;D but this sounds like a good one :) I'll add it to my list of serious movies that I'll watch one day :)
ReplyDeletehave a nice week :)
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Hey, I actually watched this movie when I was 12 and cried my eyes out. I love your blog! I'm going to the PASSHE women's conference in California, PA this weekend and I think your blog is so much fun to read! I would also recommend the movie "Not Without My Daughter" if you liked this movie.
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Thanks for your comments, Lou, but I think you are a little confused about this movie. If you saw it when you were 12, then you must be 13 now. This movie is from 2011 and won the 2012 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film.
DeleteIt has finally starting cooling off in Arizona. Once it's below 100, we are happy campers. A ton of rain (for us anyway) has made a difference.
ReplyDeleteAs for movies, no luck for me. The man has firmly taken over the TV with Nascar and football. Sigh.
Dawn, I suggest you do what my mom did: Get your own TV and put it in a room where you feel comfortable. Watch what you want. Hold your own remote and don't let go until it's pried from your cold, dead hands.
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