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Asghar Farhadi to Direct ‘Parallel Tales’ in Paris With Powerful French Cast, Including Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney, Adam Bessa (EXCLUSIVE)

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi is set to helm 'Parallel Tales' which Charades and UTA Independent Film Group will bring to the Cannes market.

The film, whose plot remains under wraps, bring together a powerful French cast, including Isabelle Huppert(“Elle”), Virginie Efira(“Benedetta”), Vincent Cassel(“Black Swan”), Pierre Niney (“The Count of Monte Cristo”) and Adam Bessa (“Ghost Trail”). Besides “The Past,” Mallet-Guy’s Paris-based company Memento Production three more films by Farhadi, “The Salesman,” which won two awards at Cannes for its screenplay and lead actor in 2016, and the Oscar for best foreign language film the following year; “Everybody Knows,” Farhadi’s Spanish-language debut starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, which opened and competed at Cannes in 2018; and lastly “A Hero.” On top of producing, Memento, which is one of France’s leading distribution companies, will handle the release “Parallel Tales” in France. Executive producer credits include Carole Baraton, Yohann Comte, Pierre Mazars, Yousra Filali, Stefano Massenzi, Chadwick Prichard, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Maciej Musial and Lila Yacoub.

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