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

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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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2021 Cannes Film Festival Day 9

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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