THE PAST
synopsis
An Iranian man having long-term domestic problems with his French wife, deserts his wife and two children to go back to his homeland, Iran. In the mean time, his wife is seeing a French man and therefore writes to him and asks for a divorce which compels the man to come back to France, only to see his wife's new partner in his home beside his children.
| international title: | The Past |
| original title: | Le Passé |
| country: | France, Italy |
| sales agent: | Memento International |
| year: | 2013 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Asghar Farhadi |
| film run: | 130' |
| release date: | FR 15/05/2013, BE 29/05/2013, NL 08/08/2013, PL 06/09/2013, GR 10/10/2013, FI 29/11/2013, IT 21/11/2013, DE 30/01/2014, SE 7/02/2014, ES 18/04/2014 |
| screenplay: | Asghar Farhadi |
| cast: | Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa, Pauline Burlet, Elyes Aguis, Jeanne Jestin, Sabrina Ouazani |
| cinematography by: | Mahmoud Kalari |
| film editing: | Juliette Welfling |
| art director: | Claude Lenoir |
| costumes designer: | Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz |
| producer: | Alexandre Mallet-Guy |
| production: | Memento Production, France 3 Cinéma, BIM Distribuzione |
| distributor: | Memento Distribution, Cinéart, Cinéart Netherlands B.V., Camino Filmverleih, Pa-Dora d.o.o., Fivia d.o.o., Kino Świat, BIM Distribuzione, Golem Distribución, Folkets Bio |
