by Alex Billington
April 16, 2026
Source: YouTube
“Stop mixing everything up, I’m not the girl in your story.” Memento in France has unveiled the first trailer for the drama film titled Parallel Tales, also known as Histoires Parallèles in French. It’s the next film from Oscar-nominated Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, made in France and filmed in Paris after his many years playing in Cannes. It’s actually his second French film – in 2013 he made The Past in France as well. His new project is an official French-Italian-Belgian coproduction between Memento in France, Lucky Red in Italy, and Panache Productions & La Compagnie Cinématographique in Belgium. It’s premiering at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival in the Main Competition and opens in French cinemas right away. Though not in the US yet. Starring Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney, Adam Bessa, and Catherine Deneuve. In search of inspiration for her new novel, Sylvie begins spying on her neighbors across the street. When she hires the young Adam to help with everyday tasks, she doesn’t realize he will upend her life and her work. It looks very French and very dramatic – as expected. Take a look below.
Here’s the first French trailer for Asghar Farhadi’s film Parallel Tales, direct from YouTube:
In search of inspiration for her new novel, Sylvie begins spying on her neighbors across the street. When she hires the young Adam to help with everyday tasks, she doesn’t realize he will upend her life and her work, until the fiction she had imagined overtakes their reality. Loosely inspired by Krzysztof Kieślowski’s “Dekalog VI”. Parallel Tales, also known as Histoires Parallèles in French, is both written and directed by award-winning Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, director of many films including Dancing in the Dust, Beautiful City, Fireworks Wednesday, Darbareye Elly, A Separation, The Past, The Salesman, Everybody Knows, and A Hero (which won Grand Prix at Cannes 2021) previously. Produced by Gaëtan David, Asghar Farhadi, David Levine, André Logie, Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Andrea Occhipinti. This will be premiering at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival in the Main Competition this May. Memento debuts Farhadi’s Parallel Tales film in French cinemas starting May 14th, 2026 during the festival. No US release date is set. Look good?
