{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Past | image = The Past poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Asghar Farhadi]] | producer = Alexandre Mallet-Guy | writer = Asghar Farhadi | starring = [[Bérénice Bejo]]<br />[[Tahar Rahim]]<br />[[Ali Mosaffa]] | music = Youli Galperine<br />Evgueni Galperine | cinematography = [[Mahmoud Kalari]] | editing = [[Juliette Welfling]] | studio = {{nowrap|Memento Films Production}}<br />[[France 3 Cinéma]]<br />BIM Distribuzione<br />[[Groupe Canal+|Canal+]]<br />[[Ciné+]]<br />[[France Télévisions]] | distributor = Memento Films {{small|(France)}}<br />BIM Distribuzione {{small|(Italy)}}<br />Filmiran {{small|(Iran)}} | released = {{Film date|df=y|2013|05|17|[[2013 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]|2013|06|19|Iran|2013|11|21|Italy}} | runtime = 130 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 130:23--><ref>{{cite web|title=''The Past'' (12A)|url=https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/past-film|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430020953/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/past-film|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 April 2014|work=[[Curzon Film|Artificial Eye]]|publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=20 January 2014|access-date=29 April 2014}}</ref> | country = France<br />Italy<br />Iran | language = French<br />[[Persian language|Persian]]<br />Italian | budget = $8&nbsp;million | gross = $10.6&nbsp;million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=13576|title=''Le Passé'' (''The Past'')|publisher=JPBox-Office}}</ref><ref>{{mojo title|past|The Past}}</ref> }} '''''The Past''''' ({{langx|fr|link=no|'''Le passé'''}}, {{Langx|fa|گذشته}} ''Gozashte'') is a 2013 drama film, written and directed by Iranian director [[Asghar Farhadi]] and starring [[Bérénice Bejo]], [[Tahar Rahim]] and [[Ali Mosaffa]].<ref>{{cite web| author = Lavallee, Eric| date = 11 January 2013| title=Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #77. Asghar Farhadi's The Past|url=http://www.ioncinema.com/annual-top-films-lists/top-100-most-anticipated-films-of-2013-asghar-farhadi-the-past| publisher = ioncinema.com | access-date= 1 May 2014}}</ref> It is a co-production between France, Italy and Iran.

The film was nominated for the [[Palme d'Or]] award at the [[2013 Cannes Film Festival]]<ref name="Cannes2013">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/59652.html |title=2013 Official Selection|date=18 April 2013|access-date=18 April 2013| publisher = [[Cannes Film Festival]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets/File/WEB%202013/PDF/Horaire_projections/Horaire_Internet_2013.pdf|title=Screenings Guide|access-date=11 May 2013|publisher= [[Cannes Film Festival]]|format= [[PDF]] format}}</ref> and won the festival's [[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]].<ref name="Variety-EJ">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/cannes-blue-is-the-warmest-color-wins-fipresci-prize-1200488042/ |title=Cannes: 'Blue Is the Warmest Color' Wins Fipresci Prize |date=26 May 2013|access-date=26 May 2013|work= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> Bejo also won the festival's [[Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Actress Award]].<ref name="CannesAwards">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2013/awardCompetition.html |title=Cannes Film Festival: Awards 2013 |date=26 May 2013|access-date=26 May 2013| publisher = [[Cannes Film Festival]]}}</ref><ref name="Chang">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/cannes-blue-is-the-warmest-color-wins-palme-d-or-1200488202/|title=Cannes: 'Blue Is the Warmest Color' Wins Palme d' Or|last=Chang|first=Justin|date=26 May 2013|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=26 May 2013}}</ref> It was shown at the [[2013 Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref name="TIFF2013">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jul/23/toronto-film-festival-lineup |title=Toronto film festival 2013: the full line-up |access-date= 24 July 2013 |work= [[The Guardian]] |date=23 July 2013}}</ref>

The film was selected as the Iranian entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[86th Academy Awards]],{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} but it was not nominated. The film was nominated for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[71st Golden Globe Awards]].<ref name=GGnom/>

==Plot== Ahmad, an Iranian man, returns to France after four years to finalise his divorce with his wife Marie. On the way to her home, he learns that she has begun a relationship with Samir, the owner of a dry cleaning service and he is to share a room with Samir's son Fouad. At Marie's request, he speaks to her daughter from a previous marriage, Lucie, regarding her recent troubled behavior. Lucie disapproves of Marie's new relationship.

Ahmad and Marie attend court to complete their divorce. Just before the meeting with the officials, she tells him that she is pregnant with Samir's child. Ahmad continues to counsel Lucie, hoping to reconcile her to the situation. She reveals that Samir is still married and his wife is in a coma after a suicide attempt, caused by the revelation that Samir and Marie were having an affair. Samir tells Ahmad that his wife suffered from depression and the suicide attempt was in fact caused by an incident with a customer in his shop. His wife was unaware of his affair and he arranges for Naïma, his employee, who witnessed both the suicide attempt and the incident in the shop, to meet with Lucie.

After hearing Naïma's story, Lucie becomes distressed and confesses that she forwarded Marie and Samir's email correspondence to Samir's wife the day before she tried to kill herself, after calling her at the dry cleaning shop. Lucie disappears, and Ahmad and Samir search for her. Ahmad finds Lucie, who has been staying with a friend, and tries to convince her to tell Marie what she did, saying that Marie has a right to know, now that she is carrying Samir's child. Lucie does so and Marie becomes enraged, telling Lucie to leave, which she does. Ahmad calms the situation and Marie goes after Lucie, asking her to come back, which she does.

After questioning what feelings he may still hold for his wife, Marie tells Samir what Lucie did. Samir finds this hard to accept and questions Naïma about the events leading up to his wife's suicide attempt. Naïma states his wife wasn't even in the shop the day that Lucie said she called. After Marie accuses Lucie of lying, Lucie maintains her version of events saying that she spoke to a woman with an accent on the phone. Samir realizes that she actually spoke to Naïma, who then gave Lucie his wife's email address. He confronts Naïma, who confesses and explains that his wife had always been jealous of her and had been trying to get her either sacked or deported from France and had initiated the confrontation with the customer. However, Naïma believes that his wife never read the emails, because she came into the shop and chose to drink bleach in front of her, instead of in front of Samir or Marie.

Samir and Marie discuss the events and their relationship. Samir decides that they should focus on their future, while Marie appears conflicted. Ahmad prepares to return to Iran. He says farewell to the children and attempts to talk to Marie about the end of their marriage, but Marie does not let him, stating that she doesn't need to know such things now. Meanwhile, Samir visits his wife in the hospital with a selection of perfumes, which the doctors have recommended in order to possibly initiate a response. He sprays onto his neck some of his cologne and leans over her lying comatose in her hospital bed. With his face close to his wife's he whispers to her to squeeze his hand if she can smell it. A tear rolls down her cheek but she remains comatose, and he looks down at her hand, which may or may not be holding his. It is unclear in the final scene whether she is responsive or not.

==Cast== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * [[Bérénice Bejo]] as Marie Brisson<ref>{{cite news|title=Bérénice too … Bejo to replace Marion Cotillard in new Asghar Farhadi film|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/aug/24/berenice-bejo-marion-cotillard-asghar-farhadi|access-date=21 April 2013 |work= [[The Guardian]]|first=Ben|last=Child|date=24 August 2012}}</ref> * [[Tahar Rahim]] as Samir * [[Ali Mosaffa]] as Ahmad * [[Pauline Burlet]] as Lucie * Elyes Aguis as Fouad * Jeanne Jestin as Léa * [[Sabrina Ouazani]] as Naïma * [[Babak Karimi]] as Shahryar * [[Valeria Cavalli]] as Valeria * Eleonora Marino as Marie's colleague * Hossein Rahmani Manesh as Pooya<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/265199/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%BA%D8%B1-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5-%D8%B4%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3| title=نام فیلم جدید اصغر فرهادی مشخص شد + اولین عکس| date=21 December 2012| publisher= | access-date=2021-09-12}}</ref> {{div col end}}

==Reception== The film received critical acclaim. It holds a 93% rating on [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 144 reviews with a [[weighted average]] score of 8.2/10 and the site's consensus: "Beautifully written, sensitively directed, and powerfully acted, ''The Past'' serves as another compelling testament to Asghar Farhadi's gift for finely layered drama."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/le_passe/ | title=Le passé (The Past) (2013) | work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]] | access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a [[standard score|normalized score]] of 85% based on 41 reviews.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-past | title=''The Past'' Reviews |publisher=[[Metacritic]] | access-date=29 April 2014}}</ref>

The German-English website KinoCritics.com wrote the three main actors Bejo, Rahim and Mosaffa were convincing in their roles and added "a natural liveliness" to their scenes.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.kinocritics.com/film_review.php?f=1800 |title=Le Passé – Das Vergangene (The Past, Le passé) |author=Schrumpf, Birgit |publisher= KinoCritics.com |date= 30 January 2014 |access-date= 3 February 2014}}</ref>

===Accolades=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Group !! Award !! Result |- |2013 |[[Alliance of Women Film Journalists]] |Best Foreign Language Film |{{nom}} |- | rowspan="2"|2013 | rowspan="2"|[[Asia Pacific Screen Awards]] | Best Feature Film | {{nom}} |- | Best Screenplay | {{nom}} |- |2014 |[[Broadcast Film Critics Association]] |Best Foreign Language Film |{{nom}} |- | rowspan="3"|2013 | rowspan="3"|[[Cannes Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web| date = 26 May 2013 | url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/theDailyArticle/60411.html|title= Awards – 66th Festival de Cannes Awards | publisher = The Daily (blog of the [[Cannes Film Festival]]) | access-date = 1 May 2014 }}</ref> | [[Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Actress Award]] | {{won}} |- | [[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]] | {{won}} |- | [[Palme d'Or]] | {{Nominated}} |- | rowspan="5"|2014 | rowspan="5"|[[39th César Awards]]<ref name="César">{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/frances-cesar-awards-nominations-announced-675607 |title=Berenice Bejo, Lea Seydoux, Roman Polanski Among France's Cesar Awards Nominees |access-date=1 February 2014 |work= [[The Hollywood Reporter]] |first=Rhonda |last=Richford}}</ref> | [[César Award for Best Film|Best Film]] | {{nom}} |- | [[César Award for Best Director|Best Director]] | {{nom}} |- | [[César Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | {{nom}} |- | [[César Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]] | {{nom}} |- | [[César Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | {{nom}} |- |2014 |[[Broadcast Film Critics Association]] |Best Foreign Language Film |{{nom}} |- |2013 |[[Durban International Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.durbanfilmfest.co.za/diff-news/award-winners-announced-at-durban-international-film-festival|title=Award-winner announced at Durban International Film Festival | publisher = [[Durban International Film Festival]]}}</ref> |Best Screenplay |{{won}} |- | rowspan="2"|2013 | rowspan="2"|[[Films from the South]] | Best Feature Film | {{nom}} |- | Audience Award | {{won}} |- |2014 |Georgia Film Critics Association |Best Foreign Film |{{nominated}} |- |2014 |[[Golden Globes]]<ref name=GGnom>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/awards/2014-golden-globes-nominee-list-1200948220/|title=Golden Globes Nominations: The Full List| work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date= 11 January 2014|access-date= 10 March 2014}}</ref> |Best Foreign Language Film |{{nominated}} |- |2013 |[[Louis Delluc Prize]] |Best Film |{{nom}} |- |2014 |[[Lumière Awards]] |[[Lumière Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] |{{nom}} |- |2014 |[[4th Magritte Awards]] |[[Magritte Award for Most Promising Actress|Most Promising Actress]] |{{won}} |- |2014 | [[Motion Picture Sound Editors]] Golden Reel Awards<ref>{{cite news|last=Walsh|first=Jason|title=Sound Editors Announce 2013 Golden Reel Nominees|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/sound-editors-announce-2013-golden-reel-nominees-1201059048/ |work=Variety|access-date=15 January 2014|date=15 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-et-complete-list-of-2014-golden-reel-award-winners-20140216,0,1041586,full.story|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226232359/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-et-complete-list-of-2014-golden-reel-award-winners-20140216,0,1041586,full.story|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 February 2014|title=Complete list of 2014 Golden Reel award winners| work = [[Los Angeles Times]]|date= 16 February 2014|access-date= 10 March 2014}}</ref> |Best Sound Editing in a Foreign Feature Film |{{won}} |- |2013 |[[National Board of Review]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/12/national-board-of-review-2013-winners-full-list-646965/|title=National Board Of Review Names Spike Jonze's 'Her' Best Film|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date= 4 December 2013|access-date= 10 March 2014}}</ref> |Best Foreign Language Film |{{won}} |- |2013 |[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |Best Foreign Language Film |style="text-align:center; background:lightblue;"|{{sort|Nor|Runner-up}} |- |2014 |[[Palm Springs International Film Festival]] |FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actress |{{won}} |- |2014 |[[Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario]] |Best Original Screenplay |{{won}} |- |2013 |[[San Francisco Film Critics Circle]] |Best Foreign Language Film |{{nom}} |- |2014 |[[Satellite Awards]] |Best Foreign Language Film |{{nom}} |- |2013 |[[Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival]] |Audience Award |{{nom}} |- |2013 |[[Toronto Film Critics Association]] |Best Foreign Language Film |{{nom}} |- |2013 |Utah Film Critics Association |Best Foreign Language Film |style="text-align:center; background:lightblue;"|{{sort|Nor|Runner-up}} |- |2013 |[[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association]] |Best Foreign Language Film |{{nom}} |- |}

==See also== {{portal|Film}} * [[2013 in film]] * [[List of French films of 2013]] * [[List of Iranian films of the 2010s]] * [[List of Iranian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]] * [[List of Italian films of the 2010s]] * [[List of submissions to the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film]]

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==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website|http://sonyclassics.com/thepast/}} at [[Sony Pictures Classics]] * {{IMDb title|2404461}} * {{mojo title|past}} * {{Metacritic film}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|le_passe}}

{{Asghar Farhadi}} {{National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film}} {{Iranian submission for Academy Awards}}

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