Original title: “Le passé”
France/Iran – Drama, mystery – Year: 2013 – Running time: 130 mins
CFC Audience feedback: Rating: 
(4.26 from 39 responses)
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‘Excellent’: 20 votes - ‘Very Good’: 13 votes
- ‘Good’: 3 votes
- ‘Satisfactory’: 2 votes
- ‘Poor’: 1 vote
An Iranian man, Ahmad, has deserted his French wife and two children after a breakdown, returning to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife, Marie, starts a new relationship with Samir, owner of a nearby dry cleaning business, and they plan to move in together. Ahmad must confront this new reality when he returns to deal with his wife’s request for a divorce. Exposing a complex web of good intentions, bad beginnings and wrong decisions, Farhadi’s first French film is a more intricate, intense drama than his previous one (A Separation) but still deals with the agony of break-ups.
Farhadi uses grace and fluidity to tell a story in which no one is quite innocent.
Paul Whittington, Irish Independent
Director: Asghar Farhadi
A Seperation (2011) / About Elly (2009) / Fireworks Wednesday (2006)
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