Asghar Farhadi’s French-language drama “Parallel Tales” premieres in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, featuring Isabelle Huppert among a French cast that includes Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel and Pierre Niney, with Catherine Deneuve appearing in a small role. Multiple outlets report that the film receives a prolonged audience response immediately after its world premiere screening at the Grand Théâtre Lumière, including standing ovations lasting roughly between five and seven minutes. The audience applause is described as enthusiastic, with Farhadi acknowledging the crowd after the screening.
In post-screening moments noted by reports, Catherine Deneuve embraces co-star Isabelle Huppert following the screening, while Huppert and Farhadi are shown engaging with the festival atmosphere. One outlet characterizes the reception as more notably warm than a standard premiere response, while another describes it as a polite ovation. The film runs about two hours and twenty minutes and centers on interlinked stories involving several neighbors whose curiosity and involvement shape events.
