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Asghar Farhadi: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers
Series)
Sinopsis :
The winner of two Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film in
only five years, Asghar Farhadi (b. 1972) has become
Iran&#8217most prominent director since the late Abbas
Kiarostami. Around the world, especially in the international
festival circuit, Farhadi is considered one of the great dramatist
filmmakers of his generation. His reputation and influence in
his home country is even greater, though also prone to
misunderstandings, controversies, and divided critical
reception. This volume offers a unique perspective into
Farhadi's career in several key respects. Beginning with his
work in television, the interviews collected here chart his rise

from theater student to Iranian dramatist to celebrated
international filmmaker. The majority of the interviews were
conducted in Persian and have been translated into English for
the first time. In the course of his career, Farhadi has become
the new hope for Iran. On both nights of his Oscar wins,
Iranians flooded the streets with joy in a rare (and illegal)
celebration. Yet, like other contemporary Iranian filmmakers
who have struggled to reconcile their national identity with their
global repute as international filmmakers, Farhadi is at once
feted and under fire by his own government. In addition to
making recent films outside Iran, he has taken advantage of
his celebrity status to make controversial statements on topics
ranging from Donald Trump to poverty and capital punishment
in Iran. He even asked Iran&#8217Judiciary to pardon Jafar
Panahi, prompting the government to temporarily withdraw
permission to shoot his renowned 2011 film A Separation.
Asghar Farhadi: Interviews addresses the important
dimensions that characterize contemporary Iranian filmmaking
and shed light on what Farhadi sees as his role and
responsibilities as an Iranian filmmaker in a global age.