Farhadi begins shooting ‘Parallel Tales’ in Paris with French stars
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi began filming his tenth feature, ‘Parallel Tales,’ in the French capital with a line-up led by Isabelle Huppert, Vincent Cassel and Catherine Deneuve.
Cameras started rolling on September 8 and production is scheduled to run for three months, inn.ir reported.
The internationally acclaimed filmmaker, twice an Oscar winner, has assembled a cast of France’s best-known performers including Virginie Efira, Pierre Niney and Adam Bessa. Huppert, Deneuve and Bessa have already taken their turns before the camera, according to the production team.
The project marks Farhadi’s return to European cinema after works shot in Spain and Italy.
Haideh Safiyari, Farhadi’s long-time collaborator, is handling the editing. Paris-based Memento Production and Los Angeles company Anonymous Content are co-producing alongside Farhadi himself. The film is a joint venture involving France, the United States, Italy and Belgium.
Farhadi, whose dramas ‘A Separation’ and ‘The Salesman’ won Academy Awards for best foreign language film, has built a reputation for drawing out “raw tensions” and everyday dilemmas from his characters.