The movie
Histoires Parallèles
Seeking inspiration for her new novel, writer Sylvie (Isabelle Huppert) spies on her neighbours across the street and fills in the details of their lives through her own imagination. When a homeless man named Adam (Adam Bessa) enters her life, these stories unexpectedly begin to take on a life of their own. Soon, the line between fiction and reality becomes blurred, until the two are almost impossible to distinguish.
Description
With the intriguing drama Histoires Parallèles, two-time Academy Award winner Asghar Farhadi (A Separation, The Salesman) returns to Paris for his first French-language film since The Past, featuring an impressive French cast including Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Catherine Deneuve, Pierre Niney, and Adam Bessa.
Seeking inspiration for her new novel, writer Sylvie (Isabelle Huppert) spies on her neighbours across the street and fills in the details of their lives through her own imagination. When a homeless man named Adam (Adam Bessa) enters her life, these stories unexpectedly begin to take on a life of their own. Soon, the line between fiction and reality becomes blurred, until the two are almost impossible to distinguish.
Histoires Parallèles premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. For the film, Farhadi drew inspiration from Kieślowski, particularly A Short Film About Love from Dekalog, in which a voyeur becomes obsessed with his neighbour across the street.
