Expat Cinema: A Hero

Expat Cinema: A Hero

Asghar Farhadi - Iran - 2021 - 127 minuten - taal: Persian - ondertiteling: English
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Focus Expat Cinema: every Wednesday at 19:00 foreign language films with English subtitles.

A masterfully constructed thriller by Asghar Farhadi (A Separation) about a prisoner who tries to buy his way out of prison during a short parole.

It’s difficult not to empathise with affable, gentle-manned Rahim, a traditional sign-maker imprisoned for an unpaid debt to his former brother-in-law. His family are delighted when he surprises them with two days of leave and have no idea that he plans to repay his debt with a bag of gold coins his girlfriend found on a bus. Yet his decision has unexpected consequences, spiralling from a moment of redemption into chaos.

As Farhadi gradually – and with characteristically forensic detail – unravels the plot, he underlines that stories too are constructions, and can easily be co-opted; truth really depends on where you stand. So, what truly makes a hero? Ability, honesty or simply the power to control the narrative? Co-winner of the Grand Prix du Jury at the Festival de Cannes. (source: BFI London Film Festival)

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