Asghar Farhadi On Being Shaken By Iran War Events During Post Of ‘Parallel Tales’ – Cannes

Two-time Oscar winning and Cannes lauded filmmaker Asghar Farhadi expressed this morning how he continues to be jolted by the atrocities in his home country of Iran which remains at war with the U.S.

Farhardi was specifically asked about by a journalist about working without limits on his latest production in France; if he had made this film in Iran he would have been sentenced.

The filmmaker didn’t answer the question per se, rather expressed:

“Over the last few months when I was busy with the post-production, two tragic events occurred in Iran. I was in Tehran last week, and the impact of these events are still with me. One of these events was the death of a number of innocent people, children, members of the Civilian population who died in the war. Before this war, we had a death of number of demonstrators who went to the streets to protest. These two events are extremely painful and will not be forgotten.”

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