• “A Hero” tells how a man condemned for debt sees his life turn into a nightmare after a good deed.

  • The director returned to Iran to sign this powerful tale.

  • For his first role, the actor Amir Jadidi would also deserve a price of interpretation.

It's the film of the day, and maybe even of this entire Cannes Film Festival.

A hero

of Asghar Farhadi, it is really very successful.

This moral tale marks the big return of the director of

A Separation

in his native Iran after two experiences far from his country of origin: 

The Past

(2013) and

Everybody Knows

(2018).

It also allows him to return to themes that are dear to him: lies, family and loyalty.

The gear in which his hero lets himself be taken (played by the novice actor Amir Jadidi who would deserve an interpretation prize) is dizzying.

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A story with universal themes

Imprisoned for debt, this man sees his life transformed into a dream and then into a nightmare against a backdrop of jealousy, family rivalries and social networks.

Both his need for freedom and his desire for redemption come to an end in an Iranian society plagued by greed.

“For some, criticizing society does not mean criticizing the system.

However, everything is linked, ”said Asghar Farhadi on Wednesday at a press conference.

If the action takes place in Iran, what the filmmaker describes tends towards the universal.

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Spike Lee and his jury could easily agree on this beautiful story with a cut-out scenario that simultaneously attacks the death penalty, social inequalities and political shenanigans.

A hero

ticks all the boxes to seduce a large audience when it is released on December 22, as well as each of the members of the jury.

And then, a Palme d'Or (deserved) would have a crazy chic next to the Oscar that Asghar Farhadi received in 2012 for

A Separation

.

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