Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Everybody Knows’ to open Kerala 2018

Spanish ‘Everybody Knows’ by award-winning Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi has been selected as opening film at the 2018 edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) in India.

Celebrity couple, Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, has starred in the flick which was premiered at the latest edition of the Cannes Film Festival in France. The film has been shot entirely in Spanish on the Iberian Peninsula.

It is about Laura who lives with her husband and children in Buenos Aires. When they return together at her native village in Spain for a family celebration, an unexpected event changes the course of their lives.

'Everybody Knows' is Farhadi’s second film shot outside Iran. In 2012, he directed 'The Past' in French language in Paris. 'The Past' brought its star, Berenice Bejo, the Palme d’Or for best actress in 2013.

The film has so far experienced several global film events, including the 71st Cannes Film Festival in France, the 36th Munich International Film festival in Germany, the 2018 Golden Apricot Film Festival in Armenia, the 2018 Toronto Film Festival in Canada, the 66th Melbourne International Film Festival in Australia, and the 55th Antalya Film Festival in Turkey, the 25th Austin Film Festival in the US, the 2018 Lumière Film Festival in France, and the CineIran (Iranian Film Festival) in Canada.

Iranian high-profile director Majid Majidi is presiding over the jury at international competition section of the 23rd IFFK.

The IFFK, acknowledged as one of the leading cultural events in India, is an annual event held in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum).

Started in 1996, the festival is hosted in November/December every year by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy on behalf of Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala.

The 23rd edition of the IFFK is slated for December 7-13, 2018.

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