A Hero (DVD)

A Hero (DVD)A richly textured take on gossip, social media and public perception, A HERO follows Rahim (the brilliant Amir Jadidi) a down and out calligrapher who is stuck in prison for a debt he is unable to pay. When he is unexpectedly granted a two day release, Rahim is presented with a golden opportunity to pay off his debt and secure his freedom. But much like life itself, things don't go as planned. In what has become Farhadi house style, moral conundrums

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