Parallel Tales

Vincent Cassel and Isabelle Huppert star in a loose adaptation of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s masterpiece, set in France.

Histoires parallèles
2026, Asghar Farhadi

France—Belgium—Italy—United States
140 minutes, French with Russian subtitles

Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney

Sylvie lives in Paris and works on a new novel. She draws inspiration through the eyepiece of a telescope that faces the windows of the house next door, where Nita, Théo and Nicolas live. When Sylvie’s assistant decides to show the manuscript to the neighbours, the lives of all the characters rapidly intertwine: real people begin to play by the rules of literature, and fictional passions take on a life of their own.

Still from Parallel Tales, 2026

This is one of those crackerjack stories with great characters that grabs you right from the start and doesn’t let go for a minute.

—Pete Hammond, Deadline

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi borrows the idea from Krzysztof Kieślowski’s A Short Film about Love, but weaves a new narrative about how even indirect interference in other people’s lives risks causing irreversible chaos.