 His 1982 film "Les Misérables" was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.Although Hossein had some modest international successes with films like "Toi, le venin" and "The Vampire of Düsseldorf", he was much singled out for scorching criticism by the critics and followers of the New Wave for the unashamedly melodramatic frameworks of his films.The fact that he was essentially an auteur director with a consistent set of themes and an extraordinary mastery of original and unusual approaches to staging his stories, was never appreciated.