According to Indiewire, the artist's name was outlined as "Leila Hatami, 'A Separation'."
Much has been made about the dearth of strong female roles in contemporary cinema, and the problematic depictions of women in many recent movies, but the past two decades have provided plenty of counterexamples. While the onus is on writers and directors to craft strong female characters, the actresses themselves bring these figures to life, and they're often the main reason we keep being drawn back to these works.
Asghar Farhadi's Iranian tale of feuding parents in the midst of a divorce and the impact on their child may have won the director a well-deserved Oscar, but Hatami deserved one, too.
Hatami gives the movie a commanding center as a determined woman keen on taking control of her surroundings even as they slowly close in on her. She exudes desperation but never takes it to histrionic extremes.
However, her resilience adds a transcendent dimension to the role on par with Farhadi's nuanced script. She's the key engine in the movie's rage against the system.
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