Upper-middle-class wife and mother who initiates divorce proceedings to emigrate from Iran. Returns to support her husband during the criminal trial and ultimately secures the divorce.
A young woman seeking affordable rent who moves into Gholam's home. She rejects his predatory advances, develops a romantic bond with Ali, and later claims to love him. Her mysterious disappearance and subsequent revelation as Gholam's victim drive the film's violent climax.
Leila is a modern Iranian wife who begins the story content in her recent marriage. After learning that she cannot conceive, she becomes trapped between her happiness with her husband and the pressure surrounding the expectation that he must have children, leaving her emotionally torn within the marriage.
She clashes with Hasan on a film set and is later murdered. Hasan says he was in police custody when she died.
After twenty years in Paris, Goli returns to her hometown near Rasht, leaving her French beau behind. She reconnects with people from her past, including an old college crush, and struggles with accusations that she missed her mother's funeral. Her relationship with Farhad shifts from anger and rejection toward an invitation into her home.
Leila Hatami has 51 screen credits in a career dating back to 1984. Signature works include A Separation, Felicity Land, A Time in Eternity. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
