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BERLIN, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- "Jodaeiye Nader az Simin" (Nader And Simin, A Separation) from Iran's Asghar Farhadi won the Golden Bear, the highest prize awarded for the best film at the 61st Berlin film festival on Saturday night. Ulrich Koehler of Germany won the Best Director Silver Bear for "Schlafkrankheit" (Sleeping Sickness).
"Nader And Simin", one of 16 competing for the Golden Bear, tells a drama about guilt and trust in an Iranian family with father, mother, child, Alzheimer's-stricken grandfather and a maid hired to take care of the old man.
"I just never thought of winning this prize, " said Farhadi in reaction to the award. The Iranian director won a best director prize for his film "About Elly" at the event two years ago.
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