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UPDATE with producer statement: A Hero producer Alexandre Mallet-Guy has released a statement following reports of a plagiarism judgement against Oscar-winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi in Iran over the movie. The complaint was lodged by Azadeh Masihzadeh, a former student of Farhadi’s who accused the filmmaker of…

From the perspective of filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, the character at the center of A Hero was “a very dangerous” one, such that without careful casting, and rigorous work both in rehearsals and on set, his latest film might have turned out “totally different” than that which he’d originally envisioned. “This was a…

Editors note: Deadline's Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year's movie awards race. For Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi, A Hero was the culmination of a long rumination on a recurring phenomenon he'd noticed being reported in his nation's…

Mexico’s Oscar-shortlisted Prayers For the Stolen directed by Tatiana Huezo won the FIPRESCI Prize for Best International Feature Film at the Palm Springs Film Festival, which revealed its juried winners Wednesday despite being forced to cancel its 2022 edition. The festival, which had been scheduled to run January…

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After first winning a prize in Cannes in July and then successfully hitting the fall festival circuit, Iranian-born director Asghar Farhadi’s latest critically acclaimed film A Hero opens today through Amazon in theaters before streaming starting January 21. The wait is well worth it for fans of the filmmaker, whose…

Asghar Farhadi, the Iranian filmmaker with two Best International Film Oscars to his name, has returned with another naturalistic immersion in his homeland: A Hero. The title of the Amazon Studios release, which won the Grand Prix in Cannes, promises feats of courage and bravery. While there are some of those along…

A Hero was the big winner at the 21st Hafez Awards, Iran's primary national screen awards ceremony. Scroll down for the full list of winners across film and TV. The latest film from Asghar Farhadi took home Best Motion Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay (both for Farhadi), Best Actor for Amir Jadidi (who…

Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi has represented his country in the International Oscar race an impressive five times, winning the coveted prize on two occasions (for The Salesman and A Separation). His latest feature, the social drama A Hero, is once again a hotly tipped contender for this year's race. The film…

Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi revealed that a long gestation period in his head and a subsequent copious amount of real-world rehearsal time allowed him to shape A Hero into the critically hailed film that it's become. Speaking through a translator at Deadline's Contenders Film: Los Angeles awards-season…

Here's the first official trailer for A Hero, the latest pic from two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi. The movie is Iran's submission to the International Oscar race this year. Farhadi previously won for A Separation and The Salesman. In his latest, Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh and Fereshteh Sadrorafaii lead the…

Iran has chosen Asghar Farhadi's A Hero as its entry for this year's International Oscar category. Farhadi is a two-time Oscar winner for A Separation and The Salesman. This is the fifth time he has represented Iran in the race, making him the joint most submitted director from the country with Majid Majidi. A Hero…