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A recurring shot in this film captures two characters at a bus stop from across a street, part of a “long commute” which one repeatedly mentions. The production of this film was halted when its director made comments supporting several other directors associated with the “Green Wave” movement. In this film, the director’s daughter plays a character who lies to a (*) judge about her father overhearing a conversation involving a doctor’s phone number. (10[1])A character in this film calls a religious hotline to ask if it is a sin to help change the man she is a caretaker for. The end credits of this film play over two of the leads sitting separated by a wall while their daughter decides who she will live with, and opens with those same characters arguing with an off-screen judge about the validity of their divorce. For 10 points, name this 2011 Iranian drama by Asghar Farhadi. ■END■

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