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A Separation

2011 · directed by Asghar Farhadi · 123 min
23,666 feet · Prominence
941st of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw46

$24m worldwide in 2011 — $36m in today's money.

As released$24mIn 2026 money$36mRank4,339 of 8,589In 2011125 of 242

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise98

Critics 97, awards 45. Half each, so Praise lands at 98.

Critics97 → 49Awards45 → 22

Oscars1 won International Feature Film1 nominated Original Screenplay
Golden Globes1 won Non-English Language Film
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Landmark of Iranian cinema, quiet elsewhere.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb8.3 from 276kWikipedia16k views a monthAge15 years

On the listsSight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,247 of 3,430 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 46 praise 98 legacy 40averages 61, which places it at23,666 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

In these careers — elevation for this film

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Payman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat.