Film Screening 14th July, 2022

Poster for A Hero (Ghahreman)

A Hero (Ghahreman) 

7:30 PM, 14th July, 2022

  • PG
  • 128 mins
  • 2021
  • Asghar Farhadi
  • Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabande, Sahar Goldoost, Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee

PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EMBASSY OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

In prison for an unpaid debt, Rahim Soltani (Amir Jadidi) is granted a two-day leave so he can try and settle the matter with his creditor (Mohsen Tanabandeh), who also happens to be his brother-in-law. Things don't go as planned, however, and a well-intentioned good deed leads to a tangled mess that jeopardises Rahim’s chances of leaving jail permanently.

A Hero is the latest film from Asghar Farhadi, one of only a few directors in history to have won the Best Foreign Film Oscar more than once: for A Separation in 2012 and The Salesman in 2017. The master of the moral dilemma, Farhadi’s newest film has been no less lauded: it won the Grand Prix at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, and is a riveting, weighty thriller well worth your time.