When writer-director Asghar Farhadi (A Separation) set out to tell the story behind his new film A Hero, he had the idea of looking at the steep up-and-down trajectory of a man’s life caused by one supposedly small action.
It received a five-minute standing ovation at its Cannes Film Festival premiere and won the Grand Prize.Set in Iran, the story follows Rahim (Amir Jadidi), a man imprisoned for debt.
On a two-day leave from jail, Rahim tries to make a deal with his debtor to pay back part of what he owes when his girlfriend finds a handbag filled with gold coins.
But things do not go according to plan. After initially receiving much acclaim for returning the lost coins, Rahim’s life takes a serious downturn.“When I started working on the
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