The Salesman

The Salesman

  • Director: Asghar Farhadi
  • Countries of origin: Iran, France
  • Language: Persian, English
  • Release date: August 31, 2016
  • Sound mix: D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1, Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: El viajante
  • "Forushandeh" is an Iranian film directed by Asghar Farhadi and starring Shahab Hosseini and Taraneh Alidoosti . It premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival on May 21, 2016.
    The film tells the story of a young couple who moved to a new apartment for some reason, but an accident involving a former tenant turned their lives upside down   . The film won the 69th Cannes International Film Festival for the best screenplay and the 89th Oscar for the best foreign language film   .

    Details

    • Release date August 31, 2016
    • Filming locations Tehran, Iran
    • Production companies ARTE, Arte France Cinéma, Doha Film Institute

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $2,402,067

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $71,078

    Gross worldwide

    $6,953,604

    Movie reviews

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    • By Calista 2022-04-24 07:01:16

      Punish bad people, not for love

      Apathy is a behavioral response that I find to persist from the moment of the event to the last seemingly ending moment. Since the unfortunate death of the heroine, the hero has almost never had verbal, physical, emotional support, no comfort in words, no physical contact, emotional... Not only has there been less support, but more emotions have been exerted on the heroine. body! The most indifferent! All the male protagonist wants is to find clues, find the real murderer, and cast his anger...

    • By Ladarius 2022-04-23 07:03:15

      Stop this revenge man


      A movie is good or bad, to a large extent depends on whether the climax scene is wonderful.

      "The Salesman" is a dull movie for a lot of the time. However, in the final climax of the movie, the emotional tension reaches the extreme, which can be compared with any wonderful suspense movie. All the slow laying out and the accumulated energy in the early stage are released here.
    • By Jordyn 2022-04-23 07:03:15

      The wound of the heroine, the mourning of the woman.

      The male protagonist and his wife originally loved each other and planned to have children. In this close and loving marriage, when the wife was forced to have the worst nightmare of all women, "being raped", the male protagonist actually had great "face and self-esteem". After loving his wife, when the heroine showed some symptoms after being injured, the male protagonist impatiently gave her two choices, either call the police or forget it completely. Can it be said that the male...

    • By Ulises 2022-04-23 07:03:15

      It's not about forgiveness

      (Spoiler) The movie is not about revenge and forgiveness, it is about shame, about unspeakable, unspeakable taboos. The male protagonist needs to be fair in getting it back, and in the end, he may even lose what he has, because he has lifted the veil of guarding taboos. Therefore, the former tenant never showed up, and the details of the heroine's attack (and humiliation) were never revealed. This is the director's pity for the people in the play, and it is also the boldness of his...

    • By Ethel 2022-04-23 07:03:15

      Humanity, Morality, Tolerance

      The whole film describes the harm caused by an unexpected event to everyone in a plain narrative. The rhythm of the script is very tight, and the interspersed drama "Death of a Salesman" is like green leaves in flowers, embellished and decorated. The plot indirectly promotes the development of the plot. The end of the whole show reaches the climax of the movie, and it can be seen that everyone has been hurt a lot because of this. In the end, the old man's wife, son-in-law, and son came over. It...

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    • By Deontae 2023-09-07 00:48:53

      The director wants the audience to have a good moral speculation in their hearts, and some audiences are thinking hard about whether the heroine has been...

    • By Clarissa 2023-08-16 09:26:27

      It's very similar to "A Farewell", quite...

    • By Mable 2023-07-16 07:46:25

      Like "A Farewell", it puts people into the dilemma of moral choice again. In the face of a perpetrator with white hair and a heart attack, in the face of his similarly suffering family, should he choose forgiveness or punishment? I thought that the ending would develop in the direction of mutual harm between the weak, but in fact, forgiveness is not a kind of torture for an old man like him. Humans are complex, always entangled between desire and conscience. I don't quite understand the role of...

    • By Michaela 2023-06-24 11:36:34

      3.5 it. The Iranian-style middle class faces the moral dilemma of traditional social ethics when it accepts the influence of Western values. How should he choose and how to act? On the whole, the contradictions and conflicts are too strong, and the characters are slightly weak, resulting in weak arcs and less aftertaste. Taiping is a bit of a drain. In addition, the Iranian girl is so beautiful, with both oriental charm and western outline, the heroine is so beautiful, she looks too like the...

    • By Dejah 2023-06-09 14:16:15

      Not as good as a farewell, but still a good...

    Movie plot

    An apartment building in Tehran is in danger of collapsing, and residents have fled, including Amed ( Shahab Hosseini ) and his wife Rana ( Taraneh Alidoosti ) . The building did not collapse in the end, but it was riddled with holes. The couple had to find another place to live, and they soon moved into a simple but spacious apartment built on the top floor of a nearby building. However, the bad luck of the old house moved the two...
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    The film takes the trend of drama to the extreme, and even adds drama to this story about injured self-esteem and revenge. The social class issue in modern Iranian society has once again become the focus of the film and affects the lives of the characters. The most important contradiction in the film focuses on the protagonist’s psychological fragility and lack of morality. There is no doubt that Fahadi’s new work has revolutionized...
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    Movie quotes

    • Emad: So, there's my wife. You'll still insist you didn't go in the bathroom?

    • Rana Etesami: If I had used that damn intercom, If I'd asked who it was... none of this would've happened.

    • Sadra: If my dad came ,say sadra isn't here.

      Rana Etesami: Why?

      Sadra: Because I like my mom.