Submission of French-produced drama has angered Iranian conservatives.
Iran has selected Oscar-winning Asghar Farhadi’s French-language divorce drama The Past to represent it at the 2014 Oscars.
The move comes amid a thawing in relations between Iran and the West following the replacement of hardline Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president by the more moderate President Hassan Rouhani in June.
Iran stayed away from the 2013 Oscars amid the furore prompted by the anti-Islamic film The Innocence Of Muslims.
Having announced that Reza Mirkarimi’s A Cube Of Sugar would represent Iran at the 2013 awards, the Iranian government withdrew the title one day later saying it was boycotting the awards as a protest over the Us-made film.
Farhadi’s A Separation won the coveted foreign language Oscar in 2012.
The Past, produced by Paris-based Memento Films, stars Iranian actor Ali Mosaffa as man who returns to Paris to finalise his divorce from his long-estranged wife, played by French...
Iran has selected Oscar-winning Asghar Farhadi’s French-language divorce drama The Past to represent it at the 2014 Oscars.
The move comes amid a thawing in relations between Iran and the West following the replacement of hardline Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president by the more moderate President Hassan Rouhani in June.
Iran stayed away from the 2013 Oscars amid the furore prompted by the anti-Islamic film The Innocence Of Muslims.
Having announced that Reza Mirkarimi’s A Cube Of Sugar would represent Iran at the 2013 awards, the Iranian government withdrew the title one day later saying it was boycotting the awards as a protest over the Us-made film.
Farhadi’s A Separation won the coveted foreign language Oscar in 2012.
The Past, produced by Paris-based Memento Films, stars Iranian actor Ali Mosaffa as man who returns to Paris to finalise his divorce from his long-estranged wife, played by French...
- 9/30/2013
- ScreenDaily
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