
Farhadi’s Parallel Tales Falters in a Voyeuristic Mind Game
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.

