The Past

Asghar Farhadi’s follow-up to the terrific A Separation sees him moving from Iran to France. Directing through an interpreter, he’s managed to coax a devastating performance from Bérénice Bejo (who took Best Actress at last year’s Cannes) as a serial monogamist mother. Radically u-turning from the breezy charm of The Artist , she saves the film, mostly because its plot – Iranian husband (Ali ...