[custom_adv] Any new production from writer/director Asghar Farhadi — known for tightly constructed dramas with complex social and personal dimensions, including 2011’s Oscar-winning A Separation — is one to look out for. [custom_adv] Reportedly directed in the tone of suspenseful drama, A Hero — according to the synopsis provided on IMDB — is about a man imprisoned for failing to pay a debt, whose attempts to appeal to his creditor “don’t go as planned”. Details on this one are hard to come by – but expect a morally complex, hard-hitting film. [custom_adv] Watching films as they are meant to be seen. Discussing them with filmmakers. Bumping into people in street. Learning how wrong everyone else is about the movies they like. [custom_adv] Seeing the faces of directors and actors experiencing movies with audiences. Feeling part of a community. It's where the best films get aired, so they open my mind to cinema. And of course, second-guessing the jury. [custom_adv] Director Asghar Farhadi, Amir Jadidi and producer Alexandre Mallet-Guy attend the "Ghahreman (A Hero)" screening during the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. [custom_adv] The big names in competition. Mia Hansen-Løve (Bergman Island), Asghar Farhadi (A Hero), Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Lingui), Leos Carax (Annette), Ildikó Enyedi (The Story of My Wife). Making new discoveries, such as the latest films from Africa. [custom_adv] Somali director Khadar Ahmed’s The Gravedigger's Wife playing at a festival that has become slightly more inclusive. And films by UK filmmakers Joanna Hogg, Clio Barnard and Andrea Arnold. [custom_adv] [custom_adv] Set in contemporary , the drama revolves around a man who is in prison because he is unable to repay a debt. While on a two-day release, he attempts to convince the creditor to change the terms, but things do not go to plan. [custom_adv] The Past won the prize of the ecumenical jury for while Bérénice Bejo clinched best actress. The Salesman won best screenplay. while Shahab Hosseini won best actor. It marks Farhadi’s fourth time in Competition at Cannes after The Past, The Salesman and Spanish-language drama Everybody Knows.
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