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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Farhadi’s tightly observed moral drama shares The Past’s accumulating domestic tensions, fractured family loyalties, and patient revelation of how every character’s version of events carries weight.
02
Why this pick
Its naturalistic ensemble and escalating unease closely echo The Past: ordinary conversations expose buried resentments, while shifting perspectives make judgment increasingly difficult.
03
Why this pick
A restrained, psychologically acute relationship drama in which a private rupture spreads through daily life, balancing empathy, ambiguity, and steadily mounting emotional pressure.
04
Why this pick
Like The Past, it anchors painful moral uncertainty in intimate family life, using a controlled, realistic style and a fierce central performance rather than melodrama.
05
Why this pick
A visually composed, emotionally layered portrait of guilt and estrangement, unfolding through withheld family history with the same sensitivity to irreversible past choices.
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01 / THE STORY
Ahmad, an Iranian man, returns to France after four years to finalise his divorce with his wife Marie. On the way to her home, he learns that she has begun a relationship with Samir, the owner of a dry cleaning service and he is to share a room with Samir's son Fouad. At Marie's request, he speaks to her daughter from a previous marriage, Lucie, regarding her recent troubled behavior. Lucie disapproves of Marie's new relationship.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Marie Brisson
Lucie
Samir
Naïma
Shahryar
