The actress and figure of Iranian cinema was arrested on Saturday for having shown her support for the revolt which is shaking the country. Like many personalities and human rights defenders since this weekend, director Asghar Farhadi also called on Tuesday for the “release” of Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti, arrested on Saturday in Iran for…
Rahim (Amir Jadidi) in “A Hero” (2021), by Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi. AMIRHOSSEIN SHOJAEI On July 13, 2021, at 2 p.m., multi-award-winning Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi climbs the steps of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, surrounded by the team ofA hero, presented in the official selection. He has no idea that five spies have…
Four actresses and four directors, all under the age of 50, make up the list of eight jurors who will stand alongside President Vincent Lindon at the 75and editing. International actresses and directors, from India to the United States via Iran: the Cannes Film Festival unveiled on Tuesday April 16 the list of eight jurors…
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Tehran court has indicted the multi-award-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, in a case of plagiarism for his last film A Hero. The filmmaker would have taken key elements from Azadeh Masihzadeh’s documentary, All Winners All Losersone of his former film students. The case will go before a second judge…
The director Asghar Farhadi, July 8, in the premises of Memento, in Cannes. MATHIEU ZAZZO / PASCO & CO FOR “THE WORLD” OFFICIAL SELECTION – IN COMPETITION A man waits, seated, in the long corridor of an administrative building. At the call of his name, he gets up and goes through a door, travels a…
