Oscar Winner Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Parallel Tales’ Gets 7-Minute Standing Ovation In Cannes
Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi‘s first feature in five years received a warm welcome in Cannes tonight as an enthusiastic audience gave Parallel Tales a seven-minute standing ovation.
Following the screening, French screen icon Catherine Deneuve embraced co-star Isabelle Huppert and diirector Asghar Farhadi.
Lovely moment when Catherine Deneuve embraces filmmaker Asghar Farhadi and Isabelle Huppert following screening of #Cannes Film Festival competition film Parallel Tales pic.twitter.com/SCXCKE7k5e
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Farhadi shot the feature in Paris last year. The film is yet to receive an official synopsis but the cast features Huppert, Deneuve, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney and Adam Bessa.
It is the Oscar-winning Iranian director’s first feature since A Hero, which won the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2021.
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