The past (2013), directed by the famous Iranian director Asghar Farati, starred Berenice Bejo as the heroine Maar, and won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. This 130-minute rambling movie, from beginning to end, just wants to explain the truth about why a woman committed suicide. This is too exhausting.
According to the standard of a good Chinese script, it is obvious that this kind of chaotic story structure with no clues will be killed if you don't see three pages. But the French are just fine with that. French low-budget films, or literary films, have always followed in the footsteps of Rohmer, swearing that they will not let go if they are not long-winded.
It's just that moviegoers can still taste the slow life from the chaos. This kind of warm heart gradually enters, always moistens things silently. This mix of Iraq and France is still a bit weird. It seems that Ferretti is quite influenced by French cinema, at least this one.
It must be affirmed that Ferretti is different from ordinary directors after all. His ability to take pictures is impeccable. The narrative structure and expression are generally quite smooth, and there are few blunt routines.
The problem is that after an Iranian man divorced Marr, he was supposed to leave completely, but instead he became the spice of the dispute. Is this also a means of resolving family relations in the conflict between Eastern and Western cultures? Maybe just because the director is from Iran. That's all.
2013, 10, 31
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