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The Salesman is a 2016 drama and thriller film directed, written, and produced by Asghar Farhadi. The movie stars Shahab Hosseini and Taraneh Alidoosti and features cinematography by Hossein Jafarian, editing by Hayedeh Safiyari, and music by Sattar Oraki. Originating from Iran and France, the film is presented in French and Persian. It is set in the 2010s within a theatre building in Iran and references the work Death of a Salesman.
The film received critical acclaim, earning a Metascore of 85 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 96%. It was nominated for and won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. With a runtime of approximately 123 to 125 minutes, the film has a PG-13 rating. Production companies involved include Memento Production, ARTE France Cinéma, Asghar Farhadi Productions, and DFI.
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7.3Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life.
Cast
- Shahab Hosseini as Emad Etesami
- Taraneh Alidoosti as Rana Etesami
- Babak Karimi as Babak
- Mina Sadati as Sanam
- Mehdi Koushki as Siavash
- Farid Sajjadi Hosseini as Naser
Themes
- rape
- trauma
- assault
- theater play
- teheran (tehran), iran
- attack
- iran
- rape and revenge
- death of a salesman
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Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
66,807 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
85/100
- Year
- 2016
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 17 wins & 32 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Asghar Farhadi
- Written by
- Asghar Farhadi
- Produced by
- Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Asghar Farhadi
- Starring
- Shahab Hosseini , Taraneh Alidoosti
- Cinematography
- Hossein Jafarian
- Edited by
- Hayedeh Safiyari
- Music by
- Sattar Oraki
- Production companies
- Memento Films Production, Asghar Farhadi Production, Arte France Cinéma
- Distributed by
- Filmiran (Iran) , Memento Films Distribution (France)
- Release dates
- May 21, 2016 ( 2016-05-21 ) ( Cannes ) August 31, 2016 ( 2016-08-31 ) (Iran) November 2, 2016 ( 2016-11-02 ) (France)
- Running time
- 125 minutes
- Countries
- Iran France
- Language
- Persian
- Box office
- 16.1 billion toman (Iran)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Main subject
- frontier justice
- Director
- Asghar Farhadi
- Screenwriter
- Asghar Farhadi
- Cast member
- Taraneh Alidoosti
- Composer
- Sattar Oraki
- Cinematographer
- Hossein Jafarian
- Narrative location
- Iran
- Duration
- 123
- FilmAffinity ID
- 950957
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.thesalesmanfilm.com
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- publication date
- 2016-00-00
- title
- فروشنده
- Commons category
- The Salesman
- film editor
- Hayedeh Safiyari
- references work, tradition or theory
- Death of a Salesman
- set in period
- 2010s
- set in environment
- theatre building
- language of work or name
- Danish
- review score
- 85/100
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Encyclopedic overview
The Salesman (Persian: فروشنده, romanized: Forušande, released in France as Le Client) is a 2016 drama film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi and starring Taraneh Alidoosti and Shahab Hosseini. It is about a married couple who perform Arthur Miller's 1949 play Death of a Salesman on stage. When the wife is assaulted, her husband attempts to track down the attacker, while she struggles to cope with post-traumatic stress. Farhadi chose Miller's play as his story within a story based on shared themes. A co-production between Iran and France, the film was shot in Tehran, beginning in 2015.
The film premiered in competition in the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where it won two awards—Best Screenplay for Farhadi and Best Actor for Hosseini. The Salesman was very well-received by film critics, who mainly praised Farhadi's direction and writing, and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, being his second win after A Separation (2011). However, Farhadi did not attend the 89th Academy Awards ceremony in protest of the U.S. Executive Order 13769.
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