Parallel Tales

Sylvie is a writer who uses a telescope to spy on the residents of a building across the street to find inspiration for her latest novel. She weaves drama and betrayal into the fictionalized lives of her neighbors, but her own world is disrupted when she hires a young assistant named Adam. As Adam becomes involved in her life and work, the boundaries between Sylvie's imagined stories and actual reality begin to blur, eventually leading to a situation where the fiction outweighs the truth of their lives.

Directed by Asghar Farhadi, Parallel Tales is the eighth film in his directorial chronology, following A Hero. The screenplay was written by Farhadi and Massoumeh Lahidji. The ensemble cast features Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney, Adam Bessa, and Catherine Deneuve. This production was a collaboration between companies from Belgium, Italy, the United States, Saudi Arabia, and France.

The film was produced with a budget of 13 million USD. Since its release on May 14, 2026, it has received a rating of 5.7/10 on TMDB based on 54 votes.