Amazon Studios has acquired U.S. rights to two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi’s “A Hero,” which shot in Shiraz, Iran, and is now in post production. Amazon Studios is planning to release “A Hero” later in the year with an eye towards a 2022 awards corridor.
UTA Independent Film Group negotiated the deal with Memento Films International on behalf of the filmmaking team.
“A Hero” is one of the prestige films in the pipeline for this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film stars well-known Iranian actors and boasts a suspenseful plot that’s still under wraps. Memento Films International said the script “tackles many contemporary issues of our modern societies.”
The anticipated Farsi-language movie marks Farhadi’s return to Iran, his homeland, where he previously directed “A Separation,” winner of Berlin’s Golden Bear, and “The Salesman,” both of which won Oscars for best foreign-language film.
“A Hero” is...
UTA Independent Film Group negotiated the deal with Memento Films International on behalf of the filmmaking team.
“A Hero” is one of the prestige films in the pipeline for this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film stars well-known Iranian actors and boasts a suspenseful plot that’s still under wraps. Memento Films International said the script “tackles many contemporary issues of our modern societies.”
The anticipated Farsi-language movie marks Farhadi’s return to Iran, his homeland, where he previously directed “A Separation,” winner of Berlin’s Golden Bear, and “The Salesman,” both of which won Oscars for best foreign-language film.
“A Hero” is...
- 4/30/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy and Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
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