Iranian director Asghar Farhadi cleared of plagiarism in film “a hero” The agency representing him said Wednesday that it was brought by one of his students.
This film about prisoners in the Iranian city of Shiraz won the Grand Prix at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
The following year, one of his former students, Azadeh Masihzadeh, filed a copyright infringement claim claiming that the work was based on her documentary “All winners are losers.”
》Judgment in the case of suspected copyright infringement in the film ‘A hero’ The agency said in a statement that the project had been delivered and the work had completely eliminated the allegations.
“Seven experts” appointed by the Iranian court “unanimously rejected all claims of the plaintiffs,” Iran’s official news agency quoted the statement as saying.
“a hero” It tells the story of a prisoner who, in desperate poverty, becomes famous after finding a purse of gold coins and returning them to their owner.
Farhadi denied the plagiarism accusations during the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
“When an incident has occurred … it falls into the public domain,” he told reporters at the time.
“This is the subject of an article in a prominent Iranian newspaper and anyone can find it with a simple Google search,” Farhadi added.
“Everyone can have their own interpretation of the story. ‘A hero’ It is an interpretation, just like this documentary, there is no copyright issue, absolutely not. ”
Farhadi won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film twice for the 2011 film “A Farewell” and 2016 “Salesman.”
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