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28-04-2025
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French Stars Unite for Asghar Farhadi's ‘Parallel Tales'
Two-time Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi (A Separation, The Salesman) has cast a who's who of French stars for his next feature, Parallel Tales. Gallic A-listers Isabelle Huppert (Elle), Virginie Efira (Benedetta), Vincent Cassel (Black Swan) and Pierre Niney (The Count of Monte-Cristo) are set to headline the French-language feature, alongside Adam Bessa, an up-and-comer nominated for a French César as best newcomer this year for his turn in Jonathan Millet's Ghost Trail. The film will also feature a cameo from French film legend Catherine Deneuve. More from The Hollywood Reporter Bloom Twins, Shells and Trance Wax Sign With Armada Music Publishing 'Ne Zha 2' Is the World's Biggest Animated Film Ever. So, We Just Had to Visit Its Beijing Poster Exhibition Auteur Zhu Xin Is Still in His 20s, But Is a Beijing Fest "Filmmaker in Focus" - and He Has Boundless Ideas Parallel Tales is set to begin shooting in Paris this fall, marking Farhadi's first French feature since 2013's The Past starring Tahar Rahim and Berenice Bejo. The film is being set up as a French-Italian-Belgian coproduction between Alexandre Mallet-Guy's Memento Production, Andrea Occhipinti's Lucky Red, and André Logie's Panache Productions and Gaëtan David's La Compagnie Cinématographique. U.S. group Anonymous Content will also co-produce. Mallet-Guy and Asghar Farhadi will produce together with David Levine. Executive producer credits include Carole Baraton, Yohann Comte, Pierre Mazars, Yousra Filali, Stefano Massenzi, Chadwick Prichard, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Maciej Musial and Lila Yacoub. Charades is on board to handle international sales, with UTA Independent Film Group repping U.S. rights. Memento will handle distribution in France, releasing in Spring 2026. Charades and UTA will launch the project for pre-sales at the Cannes film market next month. Best of The Hollywood Reporter "A Nutless Monkey Could Do Your Job": From Abusive to Angst-Ridden, 16 Memorable Studio Exec Portrayals in Film and TV The 10 Best Baseball Movies of All Time, Ranked 20 Times the Oscars Got It Wrong
Yahoo
24-04-2025
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Asghar Farhadi Sets Paris-Shot Film ‘Parallel Tales' With Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney & Adam Bessa
Asghar Farhadi will shoot his next film Parallel Tales in Paris this coming fall, with Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney and Adam Bessa in the cast. It is the Oscar-winning Iranian director's first feature since A Hero, which won the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2021. More from Deadline Ruben Östlund To Mentor Emerging Directors At France's Les Arcs Film Fest Along Euro Industry Pros Katrin Pors, Gaia Furrer & Olivier Barbier Taraneh Alidoosti: European Film Institutions, Festivals Join Calls For Iranian Actress To Be Released Iranian Director Asghar Farhadi Demands Release Of Arrested Actress Taraneh Alidoosti Parallel Tales marks Farhadi's second French-language film after The Past with Tahar Rahim and Berenice Bejo, who won Best Actress award for her performance at Cannes in 2013. The feature will be produced by Alexandre Mallet-Guy alongside Farhadi and David Levine. Mallet-Guy has worked with Farhadi on all of his films starting with and since The Past, having originally connected with the director as the French distributor of his earlier titles including About Elly and A Separation. The film is an official French-Italian-Belgian coproduction between Mallet-Guy's Memento Production in France, Andrea Occhipinti's Lucky Red in Italy, and André Logie's Panache Productions and Gaëtan David's La Compagnie Cinématographique in Belgium. Anonymous Content in the US will also co-produce the film. Charades and UTA Independent Film Group will launch the film at the Cannes Film Festival. Charades will handle international sales, while UTA Independent Film Group will rep U.S. rights. Memento will handle distribution in France. The film is set for theatrical release in France in the spring of 2026. Best of Deadline Everything We Know About The 'We Were Liars' Show So Far 'Wednesday' Season 2: Everything We Know About The Cast, Premiere Date & More 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More
