The Past (2013)
(Le passé)
Country: FR/IT/IR
Technical: col 130m
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Cast: Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa, Pauline Burlet
Synopsis:
A woman with two daughters by previous partners summons her Iranian husband to finalise divorce proceedings so that she is free to marry the father of her unborn child, the manager of a dry-cleaning outlet whose wife is in a coma having attempted suicide, and whose son is traumatised...
Review:
The synopsis could be written from any perspective, so democratic is this director's approach to teasing out the complex network of emotional faultlines that make up human relationships. One is reminded of Renoir's dictum: 'Everyone has their reasons', and even Ahmad, to all intents the tranquil eye of this particular storm, is not without blame, indeed is the catalyst for all that transpires, even if it is a boil that needed to be lanced. The dialogue is superbly written, with deceptive Rohmer-like precision, the performances faultless.
(Le passé)
Country: FR/IT/IR
Technical: col 130m
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Cast: Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa, Pauline Burlet
Synopsis:
A woman with two daughters by previous partners summons her Iranian husband to finalise divorce proceedings so that she is free to marry the father of her unborn child, the manager of a dry-cleaning outlet whose wife is in a coma having attempted suicide, and whose son is traumatised...
Review:
The synopsis could be written from any perspective, so democratic is this director's approach to teasing out the complex network of emotional faultlines that make up human relationships. One is reminded of Renoir's dictum: 'Everyone has their reasons', and even Ahmad, to all intents the tranquil eye of this particular storm, is not without blame, indeed is the catalyst for all that transpires, even if it is a boil that needed to be lanced. The dialogue is superbly written, with deceptive Rohmer-like precision, the performances faultless.
(Le passé)
Country: FR/IT/IR
Technical: col 130m
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Cast: Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa, Pauline Burlet
Synopsis:
A woman with two daughters by previous partners summons her Iranian husband to finalise divorce proceedings so that she is free to marry the father of her unborn child, the manager of a dry-cleaning outlet whose wife is in a coma having attempted suicide, and whose son is traumatised...
Review:
The synopsis could be written from any perspective, so democratic is this director's approach to teasing out the complex network of emotional faultlines that make up human relationships. One is reminded of Renoir's dictum: 'Everyone has their reasons', and even Ahmad, to all intents the tranquil eye of this particular storm, is not without blame, indeed is the catalyst for all that transpires, even if it is a boil that needed to be lanced. The dialogue is superbly written, with deceptive Rohmer-like precision, the performances faultless.