A Hero

Original title: Ghahreman

2021
12A
2h 7m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

31K

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Rahim (Amir Jadidi) is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor (Mohsen Tanabandeh) to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned.

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Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But t... Read allRahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned.Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

31K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 18 wins & 42 nominations total

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Featurette 2:56

A Hero: Writing And Directing A Hero (Featurette)

Featurette 2:56

A Hero: Writing And Directing A Hero (Featurette)

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Trivia
Was inspired by the true story of Mohammad Reza Shokri, a man who returned a bag of cash he found while on a leave from a debtors' prison in Shiraz.

Quotes
Salehi: What's up?
Rahim Soltani: I don't want this to be shared.
Salehi: Believe me, when he was speaking, I nearly cried. Whoever sees it will be overwhelmed.
Rahim Soltani: I don't want my son to be seen like that.
Salehi: It's to your advantage and his. People will be on your side. Even that woman may see it and call you.
Rahim Soltani: No, delete it.
Salehi: Think a bit... The kid said nothing bad.
Rahim Soltani: I don't want...
Salehi: You think it's only about what you want? The reputation of all of us is at stake.
Rahim Soltani: You want it back through my son's stutter?

Connections
Referenced in Radio Dolin: Serebrennikov in Cannes, Russian "Inglourious Basterds", Pierce Brosnan... (2021)

Soundtracks
Be Raghsa
Performed by Mohsen Chavoshi

User reviews164

Featured review

9/10

Fascinating and Morally Complex

Another fascinating and morally complex character study from Asghar Farhadi.

As with his previous movies "A Separation" and "The Salesman," Farhadi presents us with an ambiguous situation and then sits back and observes what happens as a varied cast of characters try to navigate it. There are no good guys or bad guys, and there's no clear right or wrong. Some people do good things for the wrong reasons. Some people do bad, or at least hurtful, things for a good reason. Many characters fall into both categories. I love Farhadi's films because they don't editorialize and they acknowledge that the world we live in is messy and complicated and that nothing, not ideas or people or beliefs, can fall into the tidy buckets that our social media world wants them to.

Grade: A.