What is the genre of *The Past*?

*The Past* is a drama film, focusing on human relationships and contemporary Iranian society with a realistic and understated narrative style.

Who directed *The Past*?

The film was directed by Asghar Farhadi, an Iranian screenwriter and film director known for his critically acclaimed works like *A Separation* and *The Salesman*.

When was *The Past* released?

*The Past* was released on May 17, 2013, in France, and on January 30, 2014, in the United States.

What awards has *The Past* won?

*The Past* won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2013, among other accolades.

What is the runtime of *The Past*?

The film has a runtime of 123 minutes.

Where was *The Past* produced?

*The Past* was produced in Iran and France, with Sony Pictures Classics as the production company.

The Past

2013 film by Asghar Farhadi

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Instance of: film
Director: Asghar Farhadi^[1]
Genre: drama film^[6]
Publication date: May 17, 2013, January 30, 2014, June 19, 2013^[31]^[32]^[33]
Official website: sonyclassics.com^[36]
Screenwriter: Asghar Farhadi, Massoumeh Lahidji^[2]^[3]
Producer: Alexandre Mallet-Guy^[16]
Nominated for: César Award for Best Actress, International Submission to the Academy Awards^[40]^[41]
Duration: +130^[43]
Assessment: Bechdel test
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
Cast member: Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa, Pauline Burlet, Sabrina Ouazani, Babak Karimi, Valeria Cavalli, Michèle Raingeval, Hossein Rahmani Manesh^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]
Color: color^[28]
Composer: Evgueni Galperine, Youli Galperine^[4]^[5]
Costume designer: Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz^[44]
Country of origin: France, Italy^[29]^[30]
Director of photography: Mahmoud Kalari^[18]
Distributed by: BiM Distribuzione^[34]
Distribution format: video on demand^[24]
EIRIN film rating: G
Film editor: Juliette Welfling^[39]
Filming location: Paris^[37]
ICAA rating: not recommended for children under 12
Kijkwijzer rating: Kijkwijzer 6^[45]

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Main subject: divorce^[38]
Medierådet rating: Suitable for a general audience, but not recommended for children under 7
Narrative location: Paris^[35]
Original language of film or TV show: French, Persian, Dari, English, Italian^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]
P14449: 102753
P14821: 2404461
P15002: film/173943
Production company: Memento Films Production^[17]
RTC film rating: B
Review score: 92%, 8.1/10, 85/100^[25]^[26]^[27]
Title: Le Passé^[42]

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Image (Wikimedia Commons): Le Passé Cannes 2013.jpg ↗
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Allcinema film ID: 347776
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Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.3focz5fdy7hpiffj7ex646u3l
BBC Things ID: 06a7ac30-d54c-4580-bc32-2dfb3e5935e4
BBC programme ID: b09sqss5
BadTaste ID: past
Bechdel Test Movie List ID: 5105
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): past
Cineplex Germany film ID: 300882
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 102241

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DNF film ID: 87449
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 27206
Douban film ID: 10765742
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 37280, 28016
EDb film ID: t0028883
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/763E-23E7-B096-ECED-EAC6-L
Eiga.com movie ID: 79650
ElCinema film ID: 2021296
ElFilm film ID: 1803969
Elonet movie ID: 1533373
Exploitation mark number: 131925
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/le-passe-das-vergangene
FilmAffinity film ID: 940946
FilmVandaag ID: film/88228
Filmová databáze film ID: 113580
Filmstriben film-ID: 9000002773
Filmweb.no film ID: 36170
Freebase ID: /m/0r8kkth
ICAA film catalogue ID: 34514
IMDb ID: tt2404461
ITunes movie ID: 826957707
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID: film1/ilpassato2013
KINENOTE film ID: 73536
Kinobox film ID: 369741
Kinopoisk film ID: 682948
LUMIERE film ID: 43261
LdiF ID: 541944
Letterboxd film ID: the-past
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Metacritic ID: movie/the-past
Movie Review Query Engine ID: le-passe-m100105579
MovieMeter film ID: 91012
Moviepilot.de film ID: le-passee-das-vergangene
Movieplayer film ID: 33315
OFDb film ID: 244425
OMDb film ID: 73039
PORT film ID: 142382
Plex media key: 5d9f390906d220001feb7c1b
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/le_passe
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 28775
Scope.dk film ID: 9254
SourehCinema film ID: 139204020005
Sratim ID: tt1133756
Swedish Film Database ID: 79352
TCM Movie Database film ID: 2032303
TMDB movie ID: 152780
TheTVDB movie ID: 4475
Trakt.tv ID: movies/the-past-2013
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Unconsenting Media ID: 9878
Unifrance film ID: 35409
ČSFD film ID: 342680

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Cast member 8

Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Sabrina Ouazani, Pauline Burlet, Ali Mosaffa, Babak Karimi, Valeria Cavalli, Hossein Rahmani Manesh

Original language of film or TV show 5

English, French, Italian, Persian, Dari

Country of origin 2

France, Italy

Assessment 1

Bechdel test

Composer 1

Evgueni Galperine

Created notable works 1

Asghar Farhadi

Director 1

Asghar Farhadi

Director of photography 1

Mahmoud Kalari

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Film editor 1

Juliette Welfling

Filming location 1

Paris

Genre 1

drama film

Instance of 1

film

Main subject 1

divorce

Narrative location 1

Paris

Nominated for 1

César Award for Best Actress

Screenwriter 1

Asghar Farhadi

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[1] ↑ The Past — director (P57): Asghar Farhadi. filmaffinity.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ The Past — screenwriter (P58): Asghar Farhadi. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ The Past — screenwriter (P58): Massoumeh Lahidji. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ The Past — composer (P86): Evgueni Galperine. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ The Past — composer (P86): Youli Galperine. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ The Past — genre (P136): drama film. filmaffinity.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ The Past — cast member (P161): Bérénice Bejo. filmaffinity.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ The Past — cast member (P161): Tahar Rahim. allocine.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-08. allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ The Past — cast member (P161): Ali Mosaffa. allocine.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-08. allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ The Past — cast member (P161): Pauline Burlet. allocine.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-08. allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ The Past — cast member (P161): Sabrina Ouazani. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ The Past — cast member (P161): Babak Karimi. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ The Past — cast member (P161): Valeria Cavalli. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ The Past — cast member (P161): Michèle Raingeval. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ The Past — cast member (P161): Hossein Rahmani Manesh. imdb.com. Retrieved 2021-12-04. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ The Past — producer (P162): Alexandre Mallet-Guy. Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ The Past — production company (P272): Memento Films Production. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ The Past — director of photography (P344): Mahmoud Kalari. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ The Past — original language of film or TV show (P364): French. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ The Past — original language of film or TV show (P364): Persian. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ The Past — original language of film or TV show (P364): Dari. Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ The Past — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ The Past — original language of film or TV show (P364): Italian. Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ The Past — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ The Past — review score (P444): 92%. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-09. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ The Past — review score (P444): 8.1/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-09. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ The Past — review score (P444): 85/100. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ The Past — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ The Past — country of origin (P495): France. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ The Past — country of origin (P495): Italy. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ The Past — publication date (P577): May 17, 2013. Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ The Past — publication date (P577): January 30, 2014. IMDb. Retrieved 2016-08-17. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ The Past — publication date (P577): June 19, 2013. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ The Past — distributed by (P750): BiM Distribuzione. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ The Past — narrative location (P840): Paris. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ The Past — official website (P856): http://sonyclassics.com/thepast. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ The Past — filming location (P915): Paris. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ The Past — main subject (P921): divorce. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ The Past — film editor (P1040): Juliette Welfling. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ The Past — nominated for (P1411): César Award for Best Actress. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ The Past — nominated for (P1411): International Submission to the Academy Awards. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ The Past — title (P1476): Le Passé. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ The Past — duration (P2047): 130 minutes. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ The Past — costume designer (P2515): Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ The Past — Kijkwijzer rating (P2684): 6. kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved 2025-07-30. kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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