Asghar Farhadi
With A Hero, filmmaker Asghar Farhadi returns once again to the themes of societal strife that have run through his previous films.
Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint.
In their latest report from BFI London Film Festival, Paddy Wilson and Faisal Al-Jadir review A Hero, Hinterland, True Things, Two Friends and more!
Gus Edgar reports from Cannes Film Festival and shares some of his first two days in the French Riviera. He reviews Kenyan LGBT film Rafiki, Paul Dano’s directorial debut Wildlife, Colombian film Birds of Passage, and more.
The Salesman is the latest by renowned filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, succeeding as both a political thriller and a tightly-knit character drama.
The Salesman is Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi’s attempt to have a four-in-a-row hot streak, taking the story of a traumatizing encounter and blending it with themes from the play “Death of a Salesman”.