French Stars Unite for Asghar Farhadi's ‘Parallel Tales'
Gallic A-listers Isabelle Huppert (Elle), Virginie Efira (Benedetta), Vincent Cassel (Black Swan) and Pierre Niney (The Count of Monte-Cristo) are set to headline the French-language feature, alongside Adam Bessa, an up-and-comer nominated for a French César as best newcomer this year for his turn in Jonathan Millet's Ghost Trail. The film will also feature a cameo from French film legend Catherine Deneuve.
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Parallel Tales is set to begin shooting in Paris this fall, marking Farhadi's first French feature since 2013's The Past starring Tahar Rahim and Berenice Bejo. The film is being set up as a French-Italian-Belgian coproduction between Alexandre Mallet-Guy's Memento Production, Andrea Occhipinti's Lucky Red, and André Logie's Panache Productions and Gaëtan David's La Compagnie Cinématographique. U.S. group Anonymous Content will also co-produce. Mallet-Guy and Asghar Farhadi will produce together with David Levine.
Executive producer credits include Carole Baraton, Yohann Comte, Pierre Mazars, Yousra Filali, Stefano Massenzi, Chadwick Prichard, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Maciej Musial and Lila Yacoub.
Charades is on board to handle international sales, with UTA Independent Film Group repping U.S. rights. Memento will handle distribution in France, releasing in Spring 2026. Charades and UTA will launch the project for pre-sales at the Cannes film market next month.
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