The Past (2013 film)

The Past
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAsghar Farhadi
Written byAsghar Farhadi
Produced byAlexandre Mallet-Guy
StarringBérénice Bejo
Tahar Rahim
Ali Mosaffa
CinematographyMahmoud Kalari
Edited byJuliette Welfling
Music byYouli Galperine
Evgueni Galperine
Production
companies
Memento Films Production
France 3 Cinéma
BIM Distribuzione
Canal+
Ciné+
France Télévisions
Distributed byMemento Films (France)
BIM Distribuzione (Italy)
Filmiran (Iran)
Release dates
  • 17 May 2013 (2013-05-17) (Cannes)
  • 19 June 2013 (2013-06-19) (Iran)
  • 21 November 2013 (2013-11-21) (Italy)
Running time
130 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
Iran
LanguagesFrench
Persian
Italian
Budget$8 million
Box office$10.6 million

The Past (French: Le passé, Persian: گذشته Gozashte) is a 2013 FrenchItalianIranian drama film, written and directed by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi and starring Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim and Ali Mosaffa.

The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or award at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and won the festival's Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. Bejo also won the festival's Best Actress Award. It was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.

The film was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Golden Globe Awards.