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In Cannes, Asghar Farhadi’s Parallel Tales ambitiously toys with fiction versus reality through a French-set tale of a novelist spying on a neighbor, a meta-play about a sound-studio, and a love-triangle. But the review finds the film muddled and meandering, with underdeveloped characters and a head-game structure that never fully engages, despite strong performances from Huppert and Efira.
At Cannes, Asghar Farhadi’s Parallel Tales, a loose adaptation of Kieslowski’s A Short Film About Love, mutates a compact moral fable into a sprawling, self‑referential drama that leans on voyeurism and fragile storytelling; despite moments of strong sound design and Isabelle Huppert’s presence, the film mostly stumbles through torpid scenes and flimsy mechanisms, earning a lukewarm grade of C‑ and currently seeking U.S. distribution.
A Cannes 2026 preview foresees a star‑studded, auteur‑driven lineup with new works from Pedro Almodóvar, Asghar Farhadi, Paweł Pawlikowski, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takashi Miike, Florian Zeller, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Luca von Trier and others. While some high‑profile projects (Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, Toy Story 5, The Mandalorian & Grogu) appear unlikely to bow at the Croisette, the festival is expected to host competitive premieres and potential Un Certain Regard entries, maintaining Cannes’ reputation for bold, director‑led premieres.