![]() ![]() ![]() Venue: Cannes Film Festival (Competition)Ĭast: Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Sahar Goldust Its reception at Cannes, where it’s competing, should indicate how far a local film like this can go internationally. The Iranian-French coprod is a small film in format, pointing it to art house fans who can pick over the director’s typical themes amid subtle symbolism and refined technical work. After his Spanish-set Everybody Knows with stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem and a string of short movies, he makes a welcome return to his native Iran with A Hero ( Ghahreman), a very fine film about honesty, honor and the price of freedom. Perhaps owing to his work in theater, writer-director Asghar Farhadi seems able to find drama in the most surprising places. ![]()
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