Iranian movie
"A Separation" won the best foreign language film award at the Golden
Globes, beating rivals from China, Spain and Belgium, as well as
Angelina Jolie's directoral debut.
The movie by writer/director Asghar Farhadi tells the story of a
married couple facing the dilemma of whether to leave Iran for the sake
of their family.
It was up against "The Flowers of War" from China, Belgian movie "The
Kid with Bike" ("Le Gamin au Velo"), and "The Skin I Live In" ("La piel
que habito") by Spanish veteran Pedro Almodovar.
Hollywood megastar Jolie's first film as director "In the Land of
Blood and Honey," set in Bosnia-Hercegovina, was also on the foreign
language shortlist as it was and shot bilingually in English and
Serbo-Croat.
"A Separation" won the best foreign language film award at the Golden
Globes, beating rivals from China, Spain and Belgium, as well as
Angelina Jolie's directoral debut.
The movie by writer/director Asghar Farhadi tells the story of a
married couple facing the dilemma of whether to leave Iran for the sake
of their family.
It was up against "The Flowers of War" from China, Belgian movie "The
Kid with Bike" ("Le Gamin au Velo"), and "The Skin I Live In" ("La piel
que habito") by Spanish veteran Pedro Almodovar.
Hollywood megastar Jolie's first film as director "In the Land of
Blood and Honey," set in Bosnia-Hercegovina, was also on the foreign
language shortlist as it was and shot bilingually in English and
Serbo-Croat.