Parallel Tales

Parallel Tales

2026 · 139 min · FR · 5.7 (63 votes)
Dir. Asghar Farhadi · Starring Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney, Adam Bessa, Catherine Deneuve · Music Zbigniew Preisner
DramaMysteryThriller

In search of inspiration for her new novel, Sylvie spies on her neighbors in the building across the street using a telescope. When she hires young Adam to help her with her daily routine, she has no idea that he will turn her life and her work upside down, until the fiction she had imagined surpasses the reality of them all.

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This is a taut, atmospheric slow-burn, steeped in psychological intrigue and voyeuristic tension. It feels like a meticulously crafted character study, where the lines between observation and obsession, reality and fiction, become unsettlingly blurred. Perfect for those who crave a cerebral mystery that slowly tightens its grip.

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