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@TheMovies with PopPop: The Salesman

The Salesman is another excellent film from Iranian Director Asghar Farhadi. The film won the 2016 Best Foreign Film Oscar, and Farhadi made additional waves when he refused to attend the ceremony in response to Trump’s travel ban. The movie … Continue reading

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@The Movies with PopPop: The Past

The Past is an excellent 2013 French-Iranian film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi (the auteur also of 2011’s A Separation). An Iranian, Ahmad, married to a French woman, Marie, from whom he’s been separated for 4 years, returns to … Continue reading

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