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Is a separation a better movie or the past or about Elly?


I just wondering. I think about Elly is the best movie of Asghar
Farhadi. After that I like a separation and I put the past in the third place.

What do you think?

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I agree with you.
I enjoyed About Elly way much more than The past

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I think A Separation is his best work (have seen it twice) followed by Fireworks Wednesday, the The Past.

I am on the fence with About Elly and recently bought it on DVD to watch it again as the first and only time I saw it was at a film festival which can sometimes not be the best way to see some films (one starts to get tired and it's easier to become disengaged with a film sometimes, so given it's reputation I would like to give it a second chance.)

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i think about eli is the best

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A separation if you ask me,i'd say a separation is one of the best movies of all time

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A separation is a high voltage drama, I've never seen anything like that before or after.. then About Elly, something different from iranian films ive seen before..i dont know how much "the past" can connect with european audience. Its more Iranian than French.

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A separation is a high voltage drama, I've never seen anything like that before or after.. then About Elly, something different from iranian films ive seen before..i dont know how much "the past" can connect with european audience. Its more Iranian than French.

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I liked A Separation a lot. For me it is A separation followed by About Elly followed by The Past.
All three are good movies on their own though....

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I'm happy for farhadi,because every year he powerfull in directed.the past show profound grief Between characters very well

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A Separation is one of the ten greatest films ever made.

The Past was one of the 15 or so best films released in the U.S. 2013. That's a huge gap in quality, but the latter is still a formidable achievement.

For English speakers, there is no way to see About Elly or his previous films. If Criterion were to get those, subtitle them, and put out a box set, I think I wouldn't be the only person to be all over that as if it were a chicken kabob with shirin polo and mast o khiar.

Prepare your minds for a new scale of physical, scientific values, gentlemen.

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You can find the full movie with English subtitles on youtube.


And why did you bring up shirin polo :( I prefer albalo polo though!!

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