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A mesmerically assured piece of filmmaking, crammed with performances as raw as steak tartare.
The Past
Bérénice Bejo took the best actress award at Cannes for her portrayal of Marie, a Frenchwoman in the process of getting a divorce from an Iranian man (Ali Mosaffa). She wants to marry Samir (Tahar Rahim), whose wife is in a coma after a suicide attempt. Asghar Farhadi (A Separation) directed.
A Golden Globe nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.
A Golden Globe nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.
Genre
Drama,
Mystery
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Runtime
130
Language
French,
Persian
Director
Asghar Farhadi
Writer(s)
Asghar Farhadi,
Massoumeh Lahidji
Cast
Bérénice Bejo,
Tahar Rahim,
Pauline Burlet,
Elyes Aguis,
Jeanne Jestin,
Sabrina Ouazani,
Babak Karmi
Awards:
Winner, Best Actress, Cannes Film Festival
Winner, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury ~ Special Mention, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee, Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival
MOREFEATURED REVIEW
Kent Turner, Film-Forward.com
A great novelist-as-filmmaker, Farhadi has written another mystery where every plot detail counts, beginning simply and innocuously enough. Ahmad (Ali Mosaffa) has returned from Iran to Paris for the first time in four years to sign his divorce from Marie-Anne (Bejo) and end their relationship on ...
Played at
West L.A.
Royal
Encino
Town Center 5
Pasadena
Playhouse 7
North Hollywood
NoHo 7
Claremont
Claremont 5
Santa Monica
Monica Film Center
Beverly Hills
Lumiere Music Hall
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