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The Past

Original title: Le passé
  • 20132013
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 10m
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7.7/10
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Bérénice Bejo, Ali Mosaffa, and Tahar Rahim in The Past (2013)
An Iranian man deserts his French wife and two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife's request for a divorce.
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An Iranian man deserts his French wife and her two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife's reque... Read allAn Iranian man deserts his French wife and her two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife's request for a divorce.An Iranian man deserts his French wife and her two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife's request for a divorce.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
50K
YOUR RATING
    • Asghar Farhadi
    • Asghar Farhadi
  • Stars
    • Bérénice Bejo
    • Tahar Rahim
    • Ali Mosaffa
    • Asghar Farhadi
    • Asghar Farhadi
  • Stars
    • Bérénice Bejo
    • Tahar Rahim
    • Ali Mosaffa
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 106User reviews
    • 320Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
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    Trailer 2:03
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    Trailer 1:42
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    Bérénice Bejo and Ali Mosaffa in The Past (2013)
    Pauline Burlet in The Past (2013)
    Bérénice Bejo in The Past (2013)
    Bérénice Bejo and Tahar Rahim in The Past (2013)
    Bérénice Bejo and Tahar Rahim in The Past (2013)
    Bérénice Bejo in The Past (2013)
    Sabrina Ouazani and Tahar Rahim in The Past (2013)
    Bérénice Bejo in The Past (2013)
    Bérénice Bejo and Ali Mosaffa in The Past (2013)
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    Bérénice Bejo
    Bérénice Bejo
    • Marie Brisson
    Tahar Rahim
    Tahar Rahim
    • Samir
    Ali Mosaffa
    Ali Mosaffa
    • Ahmad
    Pauline Burlet
    Pauline Burlet
    • Lucie
    Elyes Aguis
    Elyes Aguis
    • Fouad
    Jeanne Jestin
    • Léa
    Sabrina Ouazani
    Sabrina Ouazani
    • Naïma
    Babak Karimi
    Babak Karimi
    • Shahryar
    Valeria Cavalli
    Valeria Cavalli
    • Valeria
    • (as Valéria Cavalli)
    Aleksandra Klebanska
    • Céline
    Jean-Michel Simonet
    • Médecin
    Pierre Guerder
    • Juge
    Anne-Marion de Cayeux
    • Avocate
    Eléonora Marino
    • Collègue Marie
    Jonathan Devred
    • Agent aéroport
    Sylviane Fraval
    • Infirmière
    Ali Jalilpour
    • Samir Samer
    Amir Baay
    • Amir Bay
    • (as Amir Bay)
      • Asghar Farhadi
      • Asghar Farhadi
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Ali Mosaffa learned French two months before filming began with the help of his wife, Leila Hatami.
    • Goofs
      At the train station, Fouad and Samir discuss the fact that Fouad's mother is on tubes for life support. Fouad says that she should be unplugged. In the final scene, she is not plugged to any life support what so ever.
    • Quotes

      Samir: When two people see each other after 4 years and still fight together, it shows that there is something unsolved between them.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Cannes Film Festival 2013 (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Magie d'aéroports
      by Michael Boumendil (as Michaël Boumendil), Stéphane Horeczko

      © (p) Sixième Son

      Avec l'aimable autorisation d'Aéroports de Paris et de Sixième Son

    User reviews106

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    8/10
    A blended family is rarely a long quiet river
    Ahmad, an Iranian back in France to finalize a divorce procedure with Marie, is going to be the involuntarily detonator of a time bomb by unveiling all the not-said things in an uptight blended family created by Marie and Samir, in the suburbs of Paris. Although he is not perfect, Ahmad is fundamentally empathetic and gets the conversations flowing. Thus, during these few days, he will be like the missing piece of a complex puzzle, and thanks to (because of ?) him, secrets will be revealed. With this growing tension, we sense that this blended family will either come out grown up or either imploded.

    I invite you very strongly to discover the end of this beautiful film. During two hours, you will bathe in a tub filled with delicacy, anger, benevolence, love, sadness, respect, betrayal, empathy, ... The whole cast is excellent. Ali Mosaffa, Tahar Rahim and Pauline Burlet are particularly tremendous. Moreover, the photography, the music, the script and the direction are sublime. As a synthesis: 8/9 of 10.
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    • Apr 17, 2019

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    • What was happened to the Email that Marie insists she has sent to Ahmad to inform him about her new relationship?

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    • Release date
      • May 17, 2013 (France)
      • France
      • Italy
      • Belgium
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      • Rue de Paris, Sevran, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
    • Production companies
      • Memento Films Production
      • France 3 Cinéma
      • BIM Distribuzione
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    • 2 hours 10 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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