The Salesman

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Director:Asghar Farhadi
Cast:Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi
Premiere:14. September 2017
Length:125 minutes
Genre:Drama

The Salesman

Forushande; Asghar Farhadi, 2016, versions: OR,CS, languages: fas

Director: Asghar Farhadi • Scenario: Asghar Farhadi • Camera: Hossein Jafarian • Haircut: Hayedeh Safiyari • Music: Gaute Storaas • Cast: Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi

The Salesman is the story of a couple whose relationship begins to turn sour during their performance of Arthur Millerʼs Death of a Salesman. – Forced to leave their collapsing house, Ranaa and Emad, an Iranian couple who happen to be performers rehearsing for Arthur Millerʼs play rent a new apartment from one of their fellow performers. Unaware of the fact that the previous tenant had been a woman of ill repute having many clients, they settle down. By a nasty turn of events one of the clients pays a visit to the apartment one night while Ranaa is alone at home taking a bath and the aftermath turns the peaceful life of the couple upside down. – The film won the Best Screenplay and the Best Actor (Shahab Hosseini) awards at the Cannes film festival in 2016.

Length: 125 min

Year: 2016
Local premiere date: 14. September 2017

Country of origin:

  • Islamic Republic of Iran
  • France

Language version:

OR - Original version (persian)
CS - Czech subtitles

Director: Asghar Farhadi • Scenario: Asghar Farhadi • Camera: Hossein Jafarian • Haircut: Hayedeh Safiyari • Music: Gaute Storaas • Cast: Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi

The Salesman is the story of a couple whose relationship begins to turn sour during their performance of Arthur Millerʼs Death of a Salesman. – Forced to leave their collapsing house, Ranaa and Emad, an Iranian couple who happen to be performers rehearsing for Arthur Millerʼs play rent a new apartment from one of their fellow performers. Unaware of the fact that the previous tenant had been a woman of ill repute having many clients, they settle down. By a nasty turn of events one of the clients pays a visit to the apartment one night while Ranaa is alone at home taking a bath and the aftermath turns the peaceful life of the couple upside down. – The film won the Best Screenplay and the Best Actor (Shahab Hosseini) awards at the Cannes film festival in 2016.

Year: 2016
Local premiere date: 14. September 2017

Country of origin:

  • Islamic Republic of Iran
  • France

Language version:

OR - Original version (persian)
CS - Czech subtitles