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The Salesman

Original title: Forooshande
  • 2016
  • PG-13
  • 2h 4m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
67K
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Taraneh Alidoosti and Shahab Hosseini in The Salesman (2016)
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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.

  • Director
    • Asghar Farhadi
  • Writer
    • Asghar Farhadi
  • Stars
    • Shahab Hosseini
    • Taraneh Alidoosti
    • Mina Sadati
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    67K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Asghar Farhadi
    • Writer
      • Asghar Farhadi
    • Stars
      • Shahab Hosseini
      • Taraneh Alidoosti
      • Mina Sadati
    • 137User reviews
    • 326Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 17 wins & 32 nominations total

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    Shahab Hosseini
    Shahab Hosseini
    • Emad
    Taraneh Alidoosti
    Taraneh Alidoosti
    • Rana
    Mina Sadati
    Mina Sadati
    • Sanam
    Babak Karimi
    Babak Karimi
    • Babak
    Mojtaba Pirzadeh
    • Majid
    Maral Baniadam
    Maral Baniadam
    • Kati
    • (as Maral Bani Adam)
    Ehteram Boroumand
    • Mrs. Shahnazari
    Farid Sajjadi Hosseini
    • Piremard
    Sahra Asadollahi
    • Mojgan
    Sam Valipour
    • Sadra
    Mehdi Koushki
    Mehdi Koushki
    • Siavash
    Azadeh Movahhed
    Emad Emami
    • Ali
    Reza Rasouli
      Armin Sayyad
      Shirin Aghakashi
      • Esmat
      Yasaman Moheb-Ahari
      Amir Reza Shoghi
      • Director
        • Asghar Farhadi
      • Writer
        • Asghar Farhadi
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      8VahidFarhikhtehAsl

      Two Coincident Meanings of Salesman

      The name of the film "Salesman" have 2 coincident meanings at the same word: one of the meaning is pertaining to the first role actor in theater who his occupation have to sales somethings in term of managing his life poorly and another meaning is affiliated with a woman (ex- tenant of the apartment) who sales her body in an inappropriate way for making money intentionally. In addition, aforementioned movie show us that taking revenge is not really easy when we imagine ourselves in that situation because if you are there instead of guilty person, maybe you act worse than him. What's more, Audience during watching these Sequences, face with a dilemma between forgiveness or revenge which this atmosphere is entirely fantastic and make us satisfied after watching this terrific film.
      8ArminCallo-PalmSprings

      A Riveting Piece of Filmmaking

      I am struck at the complexity of this film, and the reflective nature of its narrative structure. Action or events as a device to look at our natures, choices, motives, drives and dreams. And let's not stop there. How about actors acting theater scenes, and throw in a play within a play to boot, for good measure.

      I know I sound somewhat critical above, and under less skilled hands, such criticism would be warranted. But not here. THE SALESMAN is compelling from beginning to end. And using Arthur Miller's iconic play, THE DEATH OF A SALESMAN, works so well to comment on these character's dreams, failings, nobility and humanity.

      A dream -- or rather dreams -- shattered by a single, accidental, innocent incident. At the end of the journey, of our own Odyssey, whether we arise as a hero or a victim depends on our choices, our attitudes, our sheer willfulness for goodness or our tendency for self-destruction. To me, this movie raised these issues, and more. I loved it. Compelling through and through, and from a most-gifted, cinematically articulate director.

      Scoring the different elements of the film objectively, 1 to 4:

      Script/Story: 4, loved it. And all this set against a backdrop of a crackling, fall building; a house of cards, if you will.

      Cinematography/Visual Effects: 3.5. Well shot. Close shots heightened the tension.

      Editing: 3.5. Well edited; kept the pacing of a natural thriller, but lacked the cheesiness of one.

      Sound Effects: 3, competent sound mixing

      Musical Score: 3; frankly do not recall any musical score underscoring the film. This is sad as I should have noticed. Was there one?

      Performances: 4, extremely strong performances. Great ensemble work, and standout work by the two leads, and the old man, too. I was particularly touched by the scene between the two men when the lead told the old man to take off his shoes. This scene was so effectively shot. Slow pacing of the camera capturing every quiver of both performances. Wow.

      Production Design: Sets, Locations, Costumes, etc.: 2.5; my complaint here deals with the shots from the theater itself where DEATH OF A SALESMAN was being performed. Needed something more here.

      Would you recommend this movie to a friend? Absolutely; a fine work of cinema. And extremely provocative. Well written; well shot; well delivered. Most highly recommended. Strong Oscar contender for Best Foreign Language Film.
      10necid-70967

      A True Gem

      Masterfully shot in Teheran, the film follows the ill fortunes of a theatrical married couple who, while rehearsing Miller's play Death of a Salesman, find themselves having to abandon their crumbling apartment and to seek alternative accommodation. The film is openly an allegory about social, urban and marital decay. But way beyond it, it is about the costs of masculine pride. By far more than a very good 'Iranian film', this is a superb statement about the unbearable consequences of trying to live up to codes of honour that centre on the female body. In my opinion, actress Taraneh Alidoosti is the hero of the film, both in her performance and in the role she occupies in the script. In contrast to appearances, she is the mover of everything that takes place in this fantastic film. A cinematic poem and a masterpiece in unfolding the twists of human psychology.
      Norman1718

      35 years of love or betrayal?

      I loved how this movie had some women characters that shows the exact situation of Iranian women. The old lady: "Oh...thank god you are alive.Thank you for saving him.He is my everything.I can't live without him."These are the words of an old lady in a 35 year-old marriage toward his husband which has been cheating on her for 3 years!How dumb is she!? It's the story of many women in Iran which because of their situation should obey their husbands and love them blindly. Raana: She has been raped but she doesn't have the courage to sue also she is so embarrassed that this may become a discredit to her. The prostitute: Imagine A mother with a young daughter what should she do for a living?Nothing in a society specified for Men but to sell her body to those Men! And finally the woman in the taxi: This woman knows the situation of all the women above. she is now a women who had lost her trust to all men.Either something happened to her or to her friends she now sees men all like together.She's so paranoid that she doesn't see that Emad is doing nothing.

      -- spoilers alert --

      There are many other scenes i loved about the film for example when one of the student asked "how does a man become a cow?"and Emad answered "gradually" and It was actually proved during the film when an old man doesn't find it shameful to touch someone's wife while a kid find it shameful to go to bathroom with his mother's friend!!So again a man gradually becomes a cow!! -- spoilers end --
      9SameirAli

      Asghar Farhadi Is A Legend.

      Asghar Farhadi is an amazing director. His 4 films are nominated for Oscar in a row. Amonth them, "A Separation" won the first Oscar and Golden globe to an Iranian movie. His direction style and making always impress me.

      "The Salesman" is the story of a couple who move to a new apartment, unaware that it was occupied by a prostitute before them. A customer of the old tenant makes a visit to the apartment that makes the couples life upside down.

      The husband is searching for the visitor for a revenge, but ends up in a sweet revenge story, or so called.

      I was so impressed by the movie that I have no words to explain or describe it. Asghar Farhadi's free and candid type of visuals makes the movie more lively. Close ups make the drama more intense.

      The movie is such an emotional drama that you don't want to miss.

      A must watch. Highly recommended.

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      • 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 Baniadam, Mehdi Koushki and Payam Eghdami

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      • Release date
        • August 31, 2016 (Iran)
      • Countries of origin
        • Iran
        • France
        • Qatar
        • United States
      • 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
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      • Gross US & Canada
        • $2,402,067
      • Opening weekend US & Canada
        • $71,078
        • Jan 29, 2017
      • Gross worldwide
        • $6,953,604
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      • Runtime
        2 hours 4 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1
        • Dolby Digital
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.85 : 1

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