2021 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8 – Asghar Farhadi’s A Hero

After opening the competition in 2018 with Everybody Knows, Asghar Farhadi truly is in a return to form mode with the set in Iran drama, A Hero – a title that Amazon Studios landed well before the Cannes premiere. Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film for A Separation (2012) and The Salesman (also a comp title in 2017), he also presented The Past in 2013. This features Amir Jadidi in the lead role – pulled in just about every direction.

It was a double dose of great cinema with A Hero being unveiled just before Titane. With a combined average of 3.6, eleven of our critics are giving this 3.5’s and 4’s — making this a great challenger for the Palme d’Or and is that fails – the best choice in the Best Screenplay category.

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