Irene So Far Away: Farhadi Stumbles with Spanish Soap Opera
Two-time Oscar-winning Iranian auteur Asghar Farhadi (A Separation; The Salesman) makes his Spanish-language debut with Everybody Knows, a high-profile thriller headlined by celebrity couple Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz. Penned by Farhadi, who once again employs familiar tactics of familial dissent catalyzed by on off-screen event which causes a ripple effect of discord, his latest chamber drama masquerades as an Agatha Christie whodunnit surrounding the kidnapping of a young girl during an elaborate family wedding. However, much like his overstated 2013 French-language drama The Past, Farhadi seems less adroit at conveying subtleties when forced outside of Farsi by spelling out the obvious when it comes to characterization and narrative development.…...
Two-time Oscar-winning Iranian auteur Asghar Farhadi (A Separation; The Salesman) makes his Spanish-language debut with Everybody Knows, a high-profile thriller headlined by celebrity couple Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz. Penned by Farhadi, who once again employs familiar tactics of familial dissent catalyzed by on off-screen event which causes a ripple effect of discord, his latest chamber drama masquerades as an Agatha Christie whodunnit surrounding the kidnapping of a young girl during an elaborate family wedding. However, much like his overstated 2013 French-language drama The Past, Farhadi seems less adroit at conveying subtleties when forced outside of Farsi by spelling out the obvious when it comes to characterization and narrative development.…...
- 2/8/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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