Grand Prix winner at Cannes 2021 from renowned filmmaker Asghar Farhadi (A Separation), following a man in prison because of...
Grand Prix winner at Cannes 2021 from renowned filmmaker Asghar Farhadi (A Separation), following a man in prison because of unpaid debt. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw the complaint.
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Winner of last year’s Cannes Grand Prix, this tense, spiraling drama about a man on two-day leave from debtor’s prison is a tight, tangled web of dignity and deception from one of Iran’s most celebrated directors.
97 %188 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
84 %231 reviewsAudience score rating
"Amir Jadidi delivers an outstanding performance as Rahim..."
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Film Threat
Film Threat"A competent and sometimes convoluted morality play anchored by a sympathetic performance from... Amir Jadidi"
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The Times
The Times"A deliciously ironic, exquisitely complex and mysteriously stirring tale..."
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Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal"The plot holes are obvious from the outset."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"A very fine film about honesty, honor and the price of freedom."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"The film is a demonstrative examination of the way our raising of heroes onto social media pedestals diminishes the messy, sometimes impenetrable truth of human lives."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"It's very good."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"A soulful reflection on the morality of crime."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"A superb morality play that immerses us deeply in a society's values and rituals and keeps us guessing right to its powerful final shot."
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Time Out
Time Out"Farhadi might not be a filmmaker you expect to tackle the emotional ramifications of social media, but in his low-key way, he manages to spin Rahim's diffidence into a shrewd portrait of how random faces in the crowd can sow doubt."
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IndieWire
IndieWireA Hero | Details
- Runtime
- 127
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller
- Country of origin
- France, Iran
