Iranian movie director Asghar Farhadi has been cleared of plagiarism costs for the movie “Hero,” which was delivered to him by his scholar, his company introduced Wednesday.
The movie, about prisoners within the Iranian metropolis of Shiraz, received the Grand Prix on the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
The movie was the topic of a copyright infringement declare the next yr by one in every of his former college students, Azadeh Masizadeh, who claimed it was based mostly on her documentary All Winners All Losers.
“The judgment concerning the alleged copyright infringement within the movie ‘A Hero’ has been handed down, and the accusations from the movie have been fully cleared,” the company mentioned in an announcement.
According to an announcement cited by the state-run IRNA information company, “seven specialists” appointed by Iranian courts “unanimously rejected all claims of the plaintiffs.”
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“Hero” is the story of a prisoner who, regardless of affected by excessive poverty, turns into well-known after discovering a pockets containing gold cash and returning it to its proprietor.
Farhadi denied the plagiarism claims on the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
“Events which have already occurred belong to the general public area,” he informed reporters on the time.
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“It is the topic of an article in a well-known Iranian newspaper and anybody can discover it with a easy Google search,” Farhadi added.
“Everyone can have their very own interpretation of this story. ‘Hero’ is an interpretation, similar to this documentary, and there are not any copyright points. Absolutely not.”
Director Farhadi has received the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film twice, for “The Separation” in 2011 and “The Salesman” in 2016.
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