El pasado

Paris. Autumn wind. A suitcase set down. A man returns at his ex-wife’s request, only to find her unhappy and her daughter hostile. His attempts to mediate family tensions reveal a past best left undisturbed. Farhadi's gift for claustrophobic moral dramas is on full display.

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Asghar Farhadi directed El pasado in 2013. See Asghar Farhadi's full filmography, where to start with Asghar Farhadi, or where to go after you've seen everything by Asghar Farhadi.

El pasado was released in 2013 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 130 minutes.