“The Past” wins two awards at German French-language filmfest

TEHRAN,Nov.16(MNA) -- Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s acclaimed movie “The Past” has received two awards at the Tubingen-Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival, which ran from October 30 to November 6 in Germany. The French-language film “The Past”, which is Farhadi’s first project done outside of his homeland, received the Tubingen Audience Prize and the Distribution Aid Prize. The Distribution Prize is given to a French production and guarantees the presence of numerous buyers. “The Past” is about an Iranian man named Ahmad who returns to Paris from Tehran after a four-year separation, upon his French wife Marie’s request, in order to finalize their divorce. The film brought its French star Berenice Bejo the Palme d’Or for best actress at the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival.