A Hero (2022)
88%RT Audience Score: 79%
Awards & Nominations: NA
A Hero finds writer-director Asghar Farhadi once again grappling with weighty themes — with the audience emerging as the winner.
If you’re looking for a movie that will make you question everything you thought you knew, A Hero is the one for you. Critics are raving about this Iranian drama, with its sprawling storyline and thought-provoking themes. But don’t worry, it’s not all heavy stuff – there’s plenty of suspense and intrigue to keep you on the edge of your seat. As one critic put it, “no one constructs a house of cards like Asghar Farhadi.” So grab some popcorn and get ready for a wild ride.
Production Company(ies)
Du Art Film and Video Nothing But a Man Company,
Distributor
Amazon Studios
Release Type
Streaming, Streaming (Prime Video), Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
TV-14
Year of Release
2022
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Stereo
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Aspect ratio:16:9 HD
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Runtime:2h 7m
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Language(s):
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Country of origin:Iran
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jan 7, 2022 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 21, 2022
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Sarina Farhadi, Sahar Goldust, Ehsan Goodarzi, directed by Asghar Farhadi, written by Asghar Farhadi, drama, PG-13, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Wenlei Ma, Paul Byrnes, Robert Levin, Ty Burr, Gary M Kramer, Adam Graham, Damien Straker, Andiee Paviour, Sarah Ward, Jane Freebury, Javier Ocaña, Iranian noir, family, community, morality tale, debt, creditor, prison, leave, complaint, payment, Persian, Amazon Studios, Dolby Digital, Scope (2.35:1), produced by Asghar Farhadi, Alexandre Mallet-Guy
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Budget and Earnings Details
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Mohsen Tanabandeh – Bahram
Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy – Mme Radmehr
Sarina Farhadi – Nazanin
Sahar Goldust – Farkhondeh
Ehsan Goodarzi – NadeAli
Director(s)
Asghar Farhadi
Writer(s)
Asghar Farhadi
Producer(s)
Asghar Farhadi, Alexandre Mallet-Guy
Film Festivals
Cannes, Telluride, Toronto
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (180) | Top Critics (43) | Fresh (174) | Rotten (6)
Engaging, provocative art that challenges its audiences.
June 18, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Wenlei Ma
News.com.au
TOP CRITIC
The film is a sprawling drama about life in modern Iran. It is not always easy to interpret and the action might be considered slow, but the rewards are great.
June 9, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
A Hero is not the most essential Asghar Farhadi movie, but its best qualities exemplify what makes him such an important filmmaker.
January 29, 2022 | Rating: 3/4
Robert Levin
Newsday
TOP CRITIC
Farhadi works in a key of wide-screen realism, the better to let everyone have their say.
January 22, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
Ty Burr
Ty Burr’s Watch List
TOP CRITIC
Farhadi delivers another knotty morality tale with his superb new film, A Hero…. a quietly devastating portrait of a man damned.
January 21, 2022
Gary M. Kramer
Salon.com
TOP CRITIC
“A Hero” is a simple story of how quickly things can fall apart, especially for those who are already vulnerable or prone to losing.
January 20, 2022 | Rating: B
Adam Graham
Detroit News
TOP CRITIC
Asghar Farhadi’s new film is sophisticated Iranian noir. It confirms the director as a strikingly thoughtful filmmaker.
June 28, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/5
Damien Straker
Impulse Gamer
No one constructs a house of cards like Asghar Farhadi.
June 27, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Andiee Paviour
Nobody’s Reading This But Me
Tough, tight, tenacious, and terrifically disdainful of opportunism and obstinance alike, and of people and institutions guilty of both, A Hero is an excavation of secrets and lies — but its power can’t be hidden.
June 24, 2022
Sarah Ward
Concrete Playground
A byzantine narrative that might overwhelm, but a very persuasive central performance, details of family and community and an immersive and quite intriguing sense of place, reflect the subtlety and complexity the director is famous for
June 16, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Jane Freebury
The Canberra Times (Australia)
Cinema driven by facts and words, not images, that envelops you physically and morally until you doubt everything. Even yourself. [Full review in Spanish]
June 14, 2022
Javier Ocaña
El Pais (Spain)
If there’s one skill Asghar Farhadi excels at it’s the slow injection of dramatic grit into his narrative, building out the complexity of his multi-edged morality tale with realism and without contrivance.
June 11, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/5
Jim Schembri
jimschembri.com…
Plot
A man on a two-day leave from prison tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum, but things don’t go as planned in A Hero.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Nothing to add here about A Hero.
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