Identity. Being comfortable in our own skin. It is integral to who we are and what we stand for. English is about that. It is about love and loathing, aspiration and fear. It deals with learning to speak a language that is not your native tongue and, in so doing, fitting in, not standing out….
Just what is going on in Hit the Road? A mystery infuses this whimsical family drama, written and directed by Panah Panahi (making his feature film debut). We’re on a cross country road trip in Iran with a mother, father, elder son and younger son. Where they’re going is unclear. But there are many stops…
Asghar Farhadi (A Separation – which won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012) is an Iranian filmmaker of extraordinary insight and skill. He writes and directs movies involving ordinary people that have moral quandaries. So it is with his latest film, A Hero. Rahim Soltani (Amir Jadidi) is a man whose wife…
