Asghar Farhadi accused of plagiarizing the idea of ​​his latest film

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It's hard to believe coming from a filmmaker with the reputation and prestige of the Iranian

, but the complaints are there.

The two-time Oscar winner is facing a couple of lawsuits related to his most recent film,

according to

.

One is from a former student of Farhadi's who accuses him of plagiarizing the story of a documentary he made in one of his classes,

, and the other from the man on whom the story is based, who claims that the director has defamed him through the feature film.

Farhadi, who shot

in Spain with Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz as protagonists, could even face prison sentences if found guilty, in addition to having to return all the money generated from ticket sales, "both in theaters and by Internet".

For his part, the director of

and

both awarded the Oscar for best foreign film, has denied the accusations and has filed his own complaint against his former student,

The complaint could turn against Masihzadeh.

If the Iranian justice considers that she has lied, she would be sentenced to a sentence of up to two years in prison, in addition to receiving

that she still resorts to in the Persian country.

On the table, the coincidence in the argument between both works.

Farhadi's film, winner of the Jury Prize at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and

as an international film, tells the story of a divorced father, Rahim, who ends up with a bag full of gold coins during a two-day prison leave.

Realizing that the loot is less valuable than he had initially suspected, he decides to return it as a goodwill gesture to clean up his image.

Rahim goes from outcast to hero in no time, though the plot thickens later.

Masihzadeh, for his part, turned to the story for an ex-convict in his hometown of Shiraz to complete Farhadi's required class work, a short documentary based on

"I remember that moment very well because we were all shocked - Farhadi was also shocked - because the story of Azadeh (Masihzadeh) was very interesting and something that she herself had generated," said

one of Masihzadeh's fellow students, in an interview with

The author of

denounces that Farhadi

in her office in which she acknowledged that the original idea for the story was hers.

She says the director pressured her to sign, which she ended up doing.

As for the defamation alleged by the man (Shokri, last name) on which a part of the film is based, Farhadi has indicated that it is a

of a story published in the media even before the workshop with his students, so he never considered contacting him or including him in the project.

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