Farhadi's Fractured Homeland: A Cannes Conundrum Asghar Farhadi, Iran's Oscar winning director, walked a tightrope at this year's Cannes Film Festival, condemning the civilian deaths caused by US Israeli air strikes on his homeland and the "massacring" of protesters by the Islamic Republic in equal measure.
The premiere of his latest film, "Parallel Tales", provided a stark backdrop to Farhadi's words, which were laced with a deep sense of unease about the state of his country.
The fact that Farhadi felt compelled to tread such a fine line speaks volumes about the fractured landscape of modern Iran.