āI have a religious question.ā So says an Iranian housekeeper after dialing a hotline in , a Foreign Language Film Oscar winner. If only it were that easy. A Separation traces how a coupleās divorce leads to an imperfect storm of good intentions, bad choices, selfishness, and misplaced dignity, including on the part of that housekeeper. The movie recognizes that moral clarity is never a matter of black and white, even (perhaps especially) when religion is involved. Christians can be comforted that we have a clear way to proceed when life gets knotty: with grace, the way of Christ. On DVD and Blu-ray August 21. (Sony Classics)
