Asghar Farhadi, Iranian director whose films have twice won the Academy Award for Best Feature Film (2011). separation And 2016 SellerHe won two Cannes Film Festival awards (Seller And 2021 hero), show his latest works, Parallel storiesat Cannes’s Grand Theater Lumière on Thursday evening.
The French-language drama, which is in competition at this year’s festival, was greeted with a five-minute standing ovation, which, by Cannes standards, is polite but not particularly enthusiastic.
Adapted by Farhadi and his brother Saeed, from a chapter from Krzysztof Kieslowski’s 10-part project for Polish Television, Decalogue (1989-1990), Parallel stories It is a study in voyeurism and the sometimes blurry line between fantasy and reality. The film features an all-star French cast, including Isabelle Huppert, Virginia Efira, Vincent Cassel, and, in a small role, Catherine Deneuve, all of whom do a good job.
But, as Hollywood ReporterLeading film critic David Rooney noted in his review that the film becomes a bit meandering and laborious over the course of its two-hour and twenty-minute runtime. By the time the credits rolled at 11pm local time, many in the audience were exhausted.
Parallel stories It was shown in French theaters simultaneously with its unveiling in Cannes. But the film is still seeking distribution in the United States.
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