The Salesman

2016
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Title: The Salesman

Original Title: Forushande

Year: 2016

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: March 17 2017
  • United States: December 09 2016

Plot

Emad and Rana are a happy Iranian couple whose relationship is floundering due to social pressure. Both are forced to leave their flat when a construction project begins on site next door to them. As a result, they move to a new home located in the center of Tehran. There, an incident related to the previous tenant will forever change the lives of the young lovers.

The director Asghar Farhadi is also the author of the script of this co-production between Iran and France filmed in the language of Farasi. Farhadi won the Oscar for Best Film in a Foreign Language in 2012 and the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival with 'Nader and Simin, a separation'. The film received the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival 2016.

Awards

  • 2017 Academy Awards (Oscars): 1 1
  • 2017 Golden Globes: 1 0
  • 2018 BAFTA Awards: 1 0

Cast

Director:

Asghar Farhadi Asghar Farhadi

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Trivia

Iran box office

This movie is a record in Iran box office.

Academy Awards, USA

This film won a Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2017).

Cannes Film Festival

'The Salesman' received the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival 2016.

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