The Past antiquates a loveless marriage through an initially seamless divorce which quickly descends into an tempestuous triangle of tragic deceit, male rivalry and familial conflict, in Farhadi’s adroitly written drama that staggeringly observes the volatility of communication through the torment of one’s past - with an impeccable dynamic between Bejo, Rahim and Mosaffa - that astoundingly detonates into an incendiary yet prestigious soap opera.
No surprise here, but Farhadi has done it again. He is an empathy generator at…
