In his latest film, shown in Competition in Cannes, Asghar Farhadi (A Separation, The Salesman) assembles a stellar cast, including Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel and Pierre Niney, for a vertiginous mise en abyme of the creative process.
In search of inspiration for her new novel, Sylvie spies on her neighbours across the street. When she hires young Adam to help her with her daily routine, she has no idea that he will turn her life and her work upside down, until the fiction she had imagined surpasses the reality of them all.
Director(s): Asghar Farhadi
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney, Adam Bessa, India Hair, Catherine Deneuve
Original title: Histoires Parallèles
Country, year: France, Belgium, Italy | 2026
Language: In French with EN subtitles
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Parallel Tales
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In his latest film, shown in Competition in Cannes, Asghar Farhadi (A Separation, The Salesman) assembles a stellar cast, including Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel and Pierre Niney, for a vertiginous mise en abyme of the creative process.
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