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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…

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…

When writer-director Asghar Farhadi (A Separation) set out to tell the story behind his new film A Hero, he had the idea of looking at the steep up-and-down trajectory of a man's life caused by one supposedly small action. It received a five-minute standing ovation at its Cannes Film Festival premiere and won the…

Asghar Farhadi took the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival with his latest work, A Hero (Ghahreman), which has been hailed as his most subtle and heartfelt film since A Separation. We chatted with the Oscar-winner about the film in which a good deed goes bad (check out the video above). The story centers on…

Asghar Farhadi is back in Cannes Competition this year with his latest movie A Hero, the story of a young man who is in prison because of a debt he is unable to pay. Today, the director told press that he was looking to "improve something in the world" with his filmmaking "Everyone has their own definition," he said…

A good deed goes bad in Asghar Farhadi's Cannes Film Festival competition title A Hero (Ghahreman), a thought-provoking watch which is perhaps the filmmaker’s most subtle and heartfelt film since A Separation. Amir Jadidi puts in a charming performance as Rahim, a pleasant but somewhat hapless man who's in prison in…

EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi is heading into production on new film A Hero, we can reveal. The Farsi-language project will enter pre-production in two months and is due to shoot in Shiraz, Iran, this summer. Paris-based Memento Films International will launch world sales next week at the EFM in…

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…