The Past – reviews of 'brilliant' French-Iranian family drama

Berenice Bejo is 'a revelation' in tense family drama from the director of A Separation

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What you need to knowFrench-Iranian drama The Past opens in UK cinemas today. Critics are calling it an "intricate", "absorbing" and "brilliant" family drama. Academy Award-winning Iranian film maker Ashgar Farhadi (A Separation) directs the film starring Academy Award-winning French actress Berenice Bejo (The Artist), Ali Mosaffa and Tahar Ramin (A Prophet).

It tells the story of an Iranian man, Ahmad (Mosaffa) who reunites with his estranged wife Marie (Bejo) in Paris to finalise their divorce. But the couple's clean break with the past is complicated by Marie's new partner Samir (Ramin), and her angry, troubled daughter.

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