description The Salesman Overview
The Salesman is a 2016 drama directed by Asghar Farhadi that centers on a couple’s lives after a violent incident. The husband investigates the assault on his wife, who experiences post-traumatic stress following the event. Shot in Tehran, the film explores themes of family and trauma through an adaptation of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.
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info The Salesman Specifications
| Country | Iran |
| Year | 2016 |
help The Salesman FAQ
Why does The Salesman keep cutting back to Death of a Salesman?
Emad and Rana are actors performing Arthur Miller's 1949 play while their own marriage is shaken by an assault. Asghar Farhadi uses the play-within-the-film structure to mirror shame, masculinity, and humiliation in Tehran.
Who plays the couple in The Salesman?
Shahab Hosseini plays Emad, and Taraneh Alidoosti plays Rana. Hosseini won Best Actor at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where Farhadi also won Best Screenplay.
Is The Salesman more of a thriller or a courtroom-style Farhadi drama?
It has thriller mechanics because Emad tries to identify the man who attacked Rana, but it is closer to Farhadi's moral dramas like A Separation. The tension comes less from action and more from what revenge does to Emad and Rana.
Did The Salesman win the Oscar for Iran?
Yes. The Salesman won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Oscars in 2017, giving Asghar Farhadi his second win in that category after A Separation.
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