Films from five nations are competing for the Best Foreign Language Oscar this year. “Will you come?” asks the wife. “No, I won’t” he responds. She wants to leave Iran; he wants to stay. Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi has been collecting numerous awards for his film, A Separation , including the Golden Globe, which he accepted with a reference to international tensions. “What should I say here? Should I say here?” Farhadi asked during his acceptance speech. “Should I say something about my mother? My father? My kind wife?

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