The Salesman
2016 · Movie · PG-13 · 125 min · ★ 7.3 · 91% critics
After their home becomes unsafe, a young couple relocates to a new apartment in Tehran. When a troubling incident tied to the previous tenant disrupts their sense of security, they struggle to recover while questions of pride, blame, and justice begin to strain their relationship.
Also known as Salesman · The Seller · Seller
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Details
- Original title
- فروشنده
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-06-24
- Language
- FA
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 91/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (933 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a slow-burning, tense relationship drama about aftermath and moral choices, in the vein of A Separation or The Past; Not for you if you dislike heavy themes, ambiguity, or deliberate pacing.
Pros: tense, absorbing story; strong performances | Cons: slow build; some thin motivations; subplot feels long
Themes
- rape
- trauma
- assault
- theater play
- teheran (tehran), iran
- attack
- iran
- rape and revenge
- death of a salesman
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best International Feature Film · 2017
- Academy Award — Best International Feature Film · 2017 · nominated
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2017 · nominated
Cast & crew
Shahab Hosseini
as Emad Etesami
Taraneh Alidoosti
as Rana Etesami
Babak Karimi
as Babak
Mina Sadati
as Sanam
Mehdi Koushki
as Siavash
Farid Sajjadi Hosseini
as Naser
Maral Baniadam
as Kati
- MP
Mojtaba Pirzadeh
as Majid
- SV
Sam Valipour
as Sadra
- SA
Shirin Aghakashi
as Esmat
Directed by Asghar Farhadi