No one constructs a house of cards like Asghar Farhadi.

New beginnings meet messy ends in a fascinating French drama.

Writer-director Asghar Farhadi’s searing drama is part family crisis, part legal free-for-all and wholly, rawly human.

The family gathering, that creaky nest of vipers, proves patchy ground for writer-director Asghar Farhadi and his gamely fired-up cast.