Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentTwo-time Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi and his French producer Alexandre Mallet-Guy are denying reports that the Iranian auteur has been sentenced and found guilty on a charge of plagiarism pertaining to his latest film, “A Hero.”Farhadi’s former student Azadeh Masihzadeh has accused the filmmaker of stealing the idea for “A Hero” from a documentary she made during a filmmaking workshop held by Farhadi in 2014 in Tehran.“A Hero” is about an earnest-looking man named Rahim who, while on furlough after being imprisoned for debt, returns a lost handbag full of gold coins — an act that appears to make him a good samaritan. However, the story ends up being more complicated.
‘Nazanin’ Documentary, on Iranian-British Woman Freed After Six-Year Detention in Iran, Coming to Channel 4
18.03.2022 - 13:25 / variety.com
Manori Ravindran International EditorA documentary that goes behind the scenes on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s six-year ordeal is coming to Channel 4The U.K. broadcaster has commissioned a single documentary, entitled “Nazanin,” from filmmaker and journalist Darius Bazargan.
The project claims to give “the definitive exclusive access into one of biggest international news stories of the last 6 years,” and follows Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband Richard and his family as he campaigns to bring his wife Nazanin home from detention in Iran.Zaghari-Ratcliffe returned to England this week after six years of detention in Iran, where she was imprisoned after being convicted of unspecified “national security-related” crimes in 2016. Her detention is believed to have been in direct response to an unpaid £400 million debt owed by the U.K.
government to Iran, which has now been paid. The doc will reveal the “inner-workings” of the real-life drama for Richard Ratcliffe, who launched a very public campaign to free his wife, as well as his young daughter Gabriella, and from Nazanin herself while she was still detained in Iran.An official synopsis provided by Channel 4 reads: “We see her young daughter Gabriella trying to cope with the separation from her mother.
We see the stress on Richard as he tries to juggle a media and political campaign to free his wife and raise his daughter. We follow Richard as he realises his wife’s detention is deeply connected to the complicated and toxic diplomatic relationship between Britain and Iran and to an unpaid debt going back half a century.”The film will also have a close look at the final dramatic days as a specialist British Foreign Office negotiating team in Tehran wrangled with the Revolutionary
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thewrap.com
05.04.2022 / 19:37
Oscar-Winning Iranian Director Asghar Farhadi Found Guilty of Plagiarizing Student Doc for ‘A Hero’
positive reviews for “A Hero,” saying Farhadi’s latest is “shot with precision, written with elegance and unfolding at a thriller-like pace.”Farhadi had conceded that the film is based on the same true story as “All Winners and Losers,” a documentary developed by Azadeh Masihzadeh while she was a student of Farhadi’s. But Farhadi didn’t credit her, and claimed he had been researching the tale independently.When called out by his student, Farhadi sued Masihzadeh for defamation; she then countersued Farhadi, claiming he had plagiarized her original work.
deadline.com
05.04.2022 / 14:01
‘A Hero’ Plagiarism Ruling Not Final, Suggests Asghar Farhadi Lawyer
A guilty judgement in a plagiarism case against Oscar winning director Asghar Farhadi is not the final verdict of the court, the filmmaker’s lawyer has said. The case involves Farhadi’s A Hero, which won the Grand Prize in Cannes last year and was Iran’s submission for the International Feature Film category at the Academy Awards.
foxnews.com
05.04.2022 / 01:17
Martha Stewart’s 4 dogs killed her ‘defenseless’ cat after it was mistaken for an intruder
Martha Stewart shared a bit of sad news with her Instagram followers on Sunday. The 80-year-old lifestyle guru announced that her 4 dogs killed her "defenseless" cat after they mistook her for an intruder. "Burying the beautiful and unusual Princess Peony. the four dogs mistook her for an interloper and killed her defenseless little self.
variety.com
30.03.2022 / 11:49
British Kids Form Their Own Society in Nature for New Channel 4 Reality Show From ‘Bake Off’ Producers (EXCLUSIVE)
Manori Ravindran International EditorIf you picture a “Lord of the Flies”-style summer camp from the “Great British Bake Off” producers, it might look something like their new reality show for U.K. broadcaster Channel 4, “Kids in the Wild.”The six-part series from Love Productions and “Love Island” co-producer Motion Content Group is fashioned as a wholesome production that transports a cooped-up pandemic generation “back to an idyllic old-fashioned summer and the carefree abandon of Swallows and Amazons, away from their parents for the first time.”The show will convene a diverse, 20-member group of 9 to 11 year olds from across the country who will spend part of their summer living in nature, without “the shackles” of adult supervision and rules.
dailyrecord.co.uk
23.03.2022 / 15:33
Loose Women's Kaye Adams slams critics of 'lioness' Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe after she was branded 'ungrateful'
Loose Women star Kaye Adams slammed critics of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe after she was branded 'ungrateful' upon her return to the UK.
msn.com
23.03.2022 / 03:41
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