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Asghar Farhadi Fully Cleared of ‘A Hero’ Plagiarism Allegations by Iranian Court
Asghar Farhadi has been fully cleared by an Iranian court of plagiarism allegations pertaining to his 2021 drama 'A Hero'
“A Hero” is about an earnest-looking man named Rahim who, while on furlough after being imprisoned for debt, returns a lost handbag full of gold coins — an act that appears to make him a good samaritan. There was no immediate comment from Farhadi who left Iran in 2023 shortly before protests following the death of Mahsa Amini erupted in his home country and has been working on a new film in Los Angeles and Europe since then. The verdict also pointed out that “A Hero” “diverges significantly from not only the documentary but also the real event and its reported news in terms of concept, storytelling, structure, characterization, performance, and all creative elements, thus establishing that no copyright infringement has occurred,” the statement concluded.
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