• It was important to me to make a film where I don't show the past but where the spectators can see the past.

    Asghar Farhadi: It was important to me to make a film where I don't show the past but where the spectators can see the past.
    "Interview: Academy Award-winning director Asghar Farhadi on his film 'The Past'". Interview by Carlos Aguilar, www.indiewire.com. December 17, 2013.