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‘A Hero’ is a Dostoyevskian tale of everyday tragedy

Michael O’Sullivan THE WASHINGTON POST – Iran’s official Oscar submission, A Hero centres on Rahim Soltani (Amir Jadidi), a divorced calligrapher/sign painter in Shiraz who is serving a jail sentence for his failure to pay a creditor 150,000 toman (about USD35). Yes, debtor’s prison is still a thing, and the story – by Golden Globe-winning
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