After The Past [+leggi anche:
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The cast for Parallel Tales will boast a strikingly high-calibre quintet in the form of Isabelle Huppert (nominated for the 2017 Best Actress Oscar, named Best Actress in Cannes and twice more in Venice and Berlin, and recently seen in My New Friends [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Patricia Mazuy
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intervista: Delphine Deloget
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The story was written by Asghar Farhadi and adapted by Massoumeh Lahidji, but is being kept under wraps for the time being.

Parallel Tales will be produced by Alexandre Mallet-Guy on behalf of Memento Production (now on their fifth film with Asghar Farhadi) in co-production with David Levine for American firm Anonymous Content, Andrea Occhinpinti for Italian outfit Lucky Red and, on the Belgian side, André Logie for Panache Productions and Gaëtan David for La Compagnie Cinématographique. World sales will fall to Charades (except in the USA where UTA will take the lead) while the film’s release in French cinemas is entrusted to Memento Distribution.