Release CalendarDVD & Blu-ray ReleasesTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsIn TheatersComing SoonMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersEmmysLGBTQ+ Pride MonthSTARmeter AwardsSan Diego Comic-ConNew York Comic-ConSundance Film FestivalToronto Int'l Film FestivalAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

The Salesman

Original title: Forushande
  • 20162016
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 4m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
60K
YOUR RATING
Taraneh Alidoosti and Shahab Hosseini in The Salesman (2016)
Trailer for The Salesman
Play trailer2:19
4 Videos
99+ Photos
  • Drama
While Ranaa and Emad, a married couple, are participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," she is assaulted in their new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator ov... Read allWhile Ranaa and Emad, a married couple, are participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," she is assaulted in their new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.While Ranaa and Emad, a married couple, are participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," she is assaulted in their new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
60K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Asghar Farhadi
  • Writer
    • Asghar Farhadi
  • Stars
    • Taraneh Alidoosti
    • Shahab Hosseini
    • Babak Karimi
Top credits
  • Director
    • Asghar Farhadi
  • Writer
    • Asghar Farhadi
  • Stars
    • Taraneh Alidoosti
    • Shahab Hosseini
    • Babak Karimi
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 123User reviews
    • 317Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 13 wins & 27 nominations total

    Videos4

    The Salesman
    Trailer 2:19
    The Salesman
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:17
    Official Trailer
    The Salesman
    Clip 1:15
    The Salesman
    The Salesman
    Clip 1:18
    The Salesman

    Photos102

    Taraneh Alidoosti in The Salesman (2016)
    Taraneh Alidoosti at an event for The Salesman (2016)
    Taraneh Alidoosti in The Salesman (2016)
    Taraneh Alidoosti and Shahab Hosseini in The Salesman (2016)
    Taraneh Alidoosti and Shahab Hosseini in The Salesman (2016)
    Taraneh Alidoosti and Shahab Hosseini in The Salesman (2016)
    The Salesman (2016)
    Farid Sajjadi Hosseini, Shirin Aghakashi, and Mojtaba Pirzadeh in The Salesman (2016)
    Shahab Hosseini in The Salesman (2016)
    Shahab Hosseini and Maral Bani Adam in The Salesman (2016)
    Babak Karimi in The Salesman (2016)
    Taraneh Alidoosti and Shahab Hosseini in The Salesman (2016)

    Top cast

    Edit
    Taraneh Alidoosti
    Taraneh Alidoosti
    • Rana Etesamias Rana Etesami
    Shahab Hosseini
    Shahab Hosseini
    • Emad Etesamias Emad Etesami
    Babak Karimi
    Babak Karimi
    • Babakas Babak
    Mina Sadati
    Mina Sadati
    • Sanamas Sanam
    Sahra Asadollahi
    • Mojganas Mojgan
    • (as Sahra Asadollahe)
    Mehdi Koushki
    Mehdi Koushki
    • Siavashas Siavash
    Ehteram Boroumand
    • Mrs. Shahnazarias Mrs. Shahnazari
    Farid Sajjadi Hosseini
    • The manas The man
    Maral Bani Adam
    • Katias Kati
    Shirin Aghakashi
    • Esmatas Esmat
    Mojtaba Pirzadeh
    • Majidas Majid
    Sam Valipour
    • Sadraas Sadra
    Emad Emami
    • Alias Ali
    Alireza Rofougaran
    Alireza Rofougaran
    • Mr. Alimoradi (Neighbor)as Mr. Alimoradi (Neighbor)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Asghar Farhadi
    • Writer
      • Asghar Farhadi
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

    More like this

    About Elly
    7.9
    About Elly
    A Separation
    8.3
    A Separation
    Life and a Day
    8.2
    Life and a Day
    The Past
    7.7
    The Past
    Fireworks Wednesday
    7.7
    Fireworks Wednesday
    Just 6.5
    7.9
    Just 6.5
    A Hero
    7.5
    A Hero
    The Lizard
    8.5
    The Lizard
    Drown
    7.6
    Drown
    The Warden
    7.4
    The Warden
    Beautiful City
    7.7
    Beautiful City
    Shahrzad
    8.1
    Shahrzad

    Storyline

    Edit

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      Farhadi was so taken by this project that he decided to stop his ongoing project in Spain with Penelope Cruz and return to Iran to shoot this movie in his home country.
    • Goofs
      Iranian actresses are not allowed to appear without hijab. And Iranian women don't wear hijab in their home. Farhadi always find a way to solve this problem, such as there always being a stranger in the house, but in the scene in which Rana is cleaning the house she is all alone and still wearing a hijab.
    • Quotes

      Student: How do people turn to cows?

      Emad: Gradually!

    • Connections
      Features The Cow (1969)
    • Soundtracks
      Solfege
      (uncredited)

      Written by Sattar Oraki

      Performed by Hana Kamkar, Emad Emami, Ali Baghfar, Maral Bani Adam, Mehdi Koushki and Payam Eghdami

    User reviews123

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    Gradually
    Gradually (highly recommended to read these two plays before watching this movie 1.Cow by Gholam Hossein Saedi and 2.Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller) The salesman is really breathtaking and it has all the familiar factor of Farhadi's movies with a big difference that there is not any sign of those open ends anymore and you associate with the main character of movie more than any time. The story is about a young couple (Emad and Rana) who are performing at Arthur Miller's play Death of a salesman. They have to move to another apartment because their apartment is going to collapse. This moving cause a serious issue in their life because of the old tenant. In the beginning of the film when Emad_ with brilliant performance by Shahab Hosseini_ and his students was reading Saedi's play Cow, one of his student asked him "Sir,How does a man become cow?" Emad answered: "gradually". This question and Emad's answer are the main theme of this movie. Farhadi has used some part of the play Death of a Salesman in his movie masterfully and he has chosen Emad for the Willy's role in order to show and emphasize how Emad gradually got far away from his family or even his wife just like willy. The last twenty minutes of film are really breathtaking and the spectators associate with Emad more than anytime and I think they regularly ask themselves "if I were him, what would I do?" The salesman is a story about revenge or with accurate express is a story about the motivation of revenge. This story like another Fahadi's movies occurs in a family and effects family members. After A separation and now with the salesman Farhadi can be considered as a great master in directing suspenseful family drama like Hitchcock.
    helpful•87
    36
    • mhm_1371
    • Sep 5, 2016

    FAQ1

    • Which b&w movie was played in the classroom when Emad was fallen in sleep and photographed by his students?

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • August 31, 2016 (Iran)
    • Countries of origin
      • Iran
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Official Site
      • Official site (Germany)
    • Languages
      • Persian
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El viajante
    • Filming locations
      • Tehran, Iran
    • Production companies
      • ARTE
      • Arte France Cinéma
      • Doha Film Institute
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

    Edit
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,402,067
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $71,078
      • Jan 29, 2017
    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,953,604
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

    Edit
    • Runtime
      2 hours 4 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

    Related news

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    Taraneh Alidoosti and Shahab Hosseini in The Salesman (2016)
    Top Gap
    What is the streaming release date of The Salesman (2016) in Australia?
    Answer
    • See more gaps
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    View list
    List
    The Best Movies Coming This Summer
    See the full list
    Image caption not available
    2:02
    LGBTQIA+ Movies and Shows to Watch This Summer
    Watch the video

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    • Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • IMDb Developer
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Interest-Based Ads
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2022 by IMDb.com, Inc.