Indian distributor acquires Farhadi’s Cannes competition film
Indian distributor Impact Films has acquired the theatrical rights to Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Parallel Tales,’ expanding its Cannes 2026 slate with one of the festival’s most closely watched competition titles.
The film, Farhadi’s 10th feature, premiered in competition at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival and is currently screening in cinemas across France. Produced by France, the United States, Belgium and Italy, ‘Parallel Tales’ follows a novelist in Paris whose observations of her neighbors inspire a story that gradually blurs the boundary between fiction and reality, ILNA reported.
The acquisition brings Farhadi’s latest work to Indian audiences alongside several other Cannes selections secured by Impact Films, including films by Japanese directors Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Hirokazu Kore-eda.
The drama features an ensemble cast drawn from several generations of French cinema, including Isabelle Huppert, Vincent Cassel, Virginie Efira, Pierre Niney, Adam Bessa, India Hair and Catherine Deneuve.
One of the film’s notable creative partnerships is Farhadi’s collaboration with acclaimed Polish composer Zbigniew Preisner, renowned for his work on Krzysztof Kieślowski’s celebrated films ‘Three Colours: Blue, White and Red,’ as well as ‘The Double Life of Véronique’.