A Hero

[Machine Translation] The light and darkness of social media. Admiration" and "suspicion" intersect, and fates are tossed about. The master filmmaker Farhadi, who has won numerous awards at the Berlin and Cannes Film Festivals and twice won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for "A Separation" and "The Salesman," is back with his latest film, "The Salesman" (2010). Farhadi has captivated audiences around the world with his masterpiece, a suspenseful and emotionally charged depiction of how a small crack in a relationship develops into a life-shattering event. In pursuing the universal theme of questioning human ethics, this film focuses on the now immense influence of social networking and the media. Through the protagonist's widely fluctuating destiny, the ambiguity of truth and the desires and egos that lurk in society are exposed from a modern perspective. --Shiraz, an ancient city in Iran. Rahim is imprisoned for a debt he owes. His fiancee happens to find a large amount of gold coins. It seems like a gift from God to him, as he can get out of prison if he repays his debt. However, Rahim, tormented by guilt, decides to return it to the loser. His small act of good deeds is widely reported in the media, and he is hailed as an "honest prisoner" and a hero. However, the situation changes drastically when a rumor spreads through social networking sites. The young son with a stuttering problem who believes in his father, is at the mercy of the frenzy around him and is cruelly implicated in a major incident.

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ソーシャルメディアの光と闇。「賞賛」と「疑惑」が交錯し、運命は翻弄されてゆく― 社会に潜む歪んだ正義と不条理を、観る者すべてに突きつける衝撃の問題作。ベルリン・カンヌ国際映画祭にて多くの賞に輝き、『別離』と『セールスマン』で米アカデミー賞外国語映画賞を、2度も制した巨匠ファルハディ。小さなひび割れのような出来事が、人生を根底から揺るがす事態に発展していく様を、サスペンスフルかつ情感豊かに描出する傑作で、世界中の観客たちを魅了してきた。本作では、人間の倫理観を問う普遍的なテーマを追求するにあたって、いまや絶大となったSNSやメディアの影響力に着目。主人公の振れ幅の大きな運命を通して、真実というものの曖昧さや、社会に潜む欲望とエゴを現代的な切り口であぶり出す。――イランの古都シラーズ。ラヒムは借金の罪で投獄され服役している。そんな彼の婚約者が偶然にも大量の金貨を拾う。借金を返済すれば出所できる彼にとって、まさに神からの贈り物のように思えた。しかし、罪悪感に苛まれたラヒムは落とし主に返すことを決意。そのささやかな善行は、メディアで大々的に報じられ、"正直者の囚人"と英雄に祭り上げられる。ところが、SNSを介して広まったある噂をきっかけに状況は一変。周囲の狂騒に翻弄され、父親を信じる無垢な吃音症の幼い息子をも残酷に巻き込んだ大事件へと発展していく。

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