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Focus Features has released a trailer for Everybody Knows, Asghar Farhadi’s follow-up to his Oscar winner The Salesman. The Spanish-language film stars Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, and Focus scored a rights deal in May right after it had its world premiere as the opening film at the Cannes Film Festival. It now…

Focus Features has set a February 8 limited release for Everybody Knows (Todos lo Saben), Asghar Farhadi’s psychological thriller starring Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem and Ricardo Darín that opened the Cannes Film Festival in May. Written and directed by Farhadi (The Salesman, A Separation), the Spanish-language film…

Like its director, Asghar Farhadi's new film made its Toronto debut after racking up quite a few air miles, having premiered as the opening attraction at this year's Cannes Film Festival. His second film, after 2013's The Past, to be filmed in a foreign land, Everybody Knows sees the Iranian director teaming up with…

BREAKING: Focus Features won a late night auction for Everybody Knows, the Spanish language Asghar Farhadi film that opened the Cannes Film Festival last night with a glamorous Palais premiere that featured stars Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Ricardo Darín. Focus will distribute in the US, Canada, UK, Australia…

The first trailer has dropped for Cannes opener Everybody Knows, starring Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem and Ricardo Darin. Cannes announced earlier today that Oscar-winner Asghar Farhadi’s Spanish-language movie would kick off the festival. The thriller, which is produced by France's Memento Films Production and…

UPDATE: Cannes has just confirmed that Farhadi’s anticipated title will open the festival on Tuesday 8 May. Previous story, Wednesday 10:09 AM PST: Speculation is growing that Asghar Farhadi's Everybody Knows, which stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, is set to open the Cannes Film Festival. However, Deadline…

Taking a quick break from shooting Oscar-winner Asghar Farhadi's Everybody Knows in Madrid, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz visited the Venice Film Festival this week to promote Loving Pablo, a passion project for Bardem who also serves as producer. The film is told from the point of view of Virginia Vallejo, the…

On Monday, the U.S. State Department tweeted, and then deleted, a congratulatory message to director Asghar Farhadi, whose film The Salesman won the Oscar for Best Foreign-Language film at the 89th Academy Awards. The message was shared by the State Department’s official Persian-language Twitter account…

Representatives of the Iranian government have lauded the team behind Asghar Farhadi’s Best Foreign Language Oscar winner, The Salesman. The country’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, took to Twitter on Monday to say he was proud of the cast and crew for their Oscar and “stance against Muslim ban.” Culture…

Among the winners at the 89th Academy Awards, the one who became the most public face of this year's intersection between politics and the Oscars was not at the Dolby to pick up his statue. Asghar Farhadi's The Salesman scooped the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, giving the respected Iranian director his second win…

As part of its #LondonIsOpen campaign, the British capital tonight transformed Trafalgar Square into a massive cinema to host the UK premiere of Asghar Farhadi's Oscar-nominated The Salesman. About 10,000 protesters turned up to the screening, The Guardian reports. Appearing via videolink from Tehran, the film’s…

As the Oscars loom on Sunday, the six nominated directors in the Best Foreign Language Film category have collectively released a statement expressing their “emphatic disapproval of the climate of fanaticism and nationalism we see today in the U.S. and in so many other countries.” The filmmakers include Denmark’s Marti…