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Promoting his new movie from a hotel room in
West Hollywood, Farhadi says that, if he is nominated again,
these Oscars will be a very different experience.
"It makes me very happy that as an Iranian I’m going through
this path," he said.
"I know that for part of the Iranian youth, this can create hope
... and this creates this satisfaction feeling inside me. It
gives those young people some kind of hope so they can continue
this path and bring some awards and prizes to Iran."
"A Hero", a co-winner of the Grand Prix distinction at the
Cannes Film Festival, follows Rahim, a prisoner who makes a plan
with his fiancée to sell a bag of gold coins that she has found
to pay off his debts so he can be released from jail.
He has a sudden change of heart and manages to track down the
coins' owner. But being hailed as a hero raises unexpected
complications for the young man that draw in those around him.
"This contradiction that is inside this title is something that
I liked a lot," Farhadi said.
"When I announced it for the first time, it was strange for some
of my close friends - but when you put the main character next
to the title, the combination of these two creates a new
meaning."
Thrust into the spotlight by winning the Golden Bear award for
"A Separation" at the Berlin Film Festival in 2011, Farhadi is
known for creating simple stories that focus on the challenges
of being human.
"We tried to give all the characters in the film a good amount
of time for the audience to understand them and comprehend who
they are," he said.
"A Hero" is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
(Reporting by Rollo Ross; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
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