Cannes Review: Asghar Farhadi’s Parallel Tales Is an Ambitious If Tedious Take on Kieślowski
The Film Stage [Unofficial]
May 16, 2026
After two decades of features, Iranian Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi has made one thing abundantly clear: he lives in the grey zone, and so should we. Parallel Tales, Farhadi’s tenth film (and second in French), is a blend of Rear Window, Stranger Than Fiction, and Peeping Tom (there’s even a little Godfather in there) without […]
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