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The Salesman ()

Forooshande (original title)
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While Ranaa and Emad, a married couple, are participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," she is assaulted in their new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.
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  • Won 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 28 nominations.
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Cast

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Emad
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Rana
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Sanam
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Babak
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Kati (as Maral Bani Adam)
Mojtaba Pirzadeh ...
Majid
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Siavash
Sahra Asadollahi ...
Mojgan
Farid Sajjadi Hosseini ...
Piremard
Ehteram Boroumand ...
Mrs. Shahnazari
Mohammad Reza Rasouli
Shirin Aghakashi ...
Esmat
Yasaman Moheb-Ahari
Azadeh Movahhed
Amin Balavizade
Bahram Sharghi
Amir Reza Shoghi
Sam Valipour ...
Sadra
Emad Emami ...
Ali
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Mr. Alimoradi (Neighbor) (uncredited)

Directed by

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Asghar Farhadi

Written by

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Asghar Farhadi ... (written by)

Produced by

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Asghar Farhadi ... producer
Alexandre Mallet-Guy ... producer
Olivier Père ... co-producer

Music by

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Hojjat Hassanpour
Sattar Oraki

Cinematography by

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Hossein Jafarian ... director of photography

Editing by

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Hayedeh Safiyari ... film editor

Editorial Department

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Farnoush Alidousti ... mastering
Payam Alimoradi ... assistant editor
Raeen Dadoo ... Data Wrangler/digital cinema mastering
Emily Eddey ... post production executive
Hootan Haghshenas ... colorist
Lucas B. Masson ... trailer
Mana MohammadTaher ... colorist assistant (as Mana Taher)
Ryan McKeague ... post-production executive (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Keyvan Moghaddam

Costume Design by

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Aylar Behzadi
Sara Samiee

Makeup Department

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Mehrdad Mirkiani ... makeup designer

Production Management

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Amir Eskandari ... assistant production manager
Hassan Mostafavi ... production manager (as Hasan Mostafavi)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Amin Khankal ... second assistant director / third assistant director
Amin Khankal ... second assistant director
Somayeh Mirshamsi ... second assistant director
Kaveh Sajjadi ... first assistant director (as Kaveh Sajadi Hosseini)

Sound Department

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Hossein Bashash ... sound recordist
Mohammad Reza Delpak ... sound designer/mix (as Mohammadreza Delpak)
Hassan Mahdavi ... sound editor
Yadollah Najafi ... sound recordist (as Yadolah Najafi)
Reza Narimizadeh ... sound editor
Ashkan Toloeian ... boom operator
Saed Zand ... boom operator

Special Effects by

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Navid Abdi Hajibaba ... special effects

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Mohammad Afshanifarid ... visual effects technical assistant
Ali Ehtemami ... visual effects technical assistant (as Ali Ethemami)
Javad Matouri ... visual effects supervisor (as Javad Matoori)
Mostafa Matouri ... matte painter
Nima Parsa ... Lead Compositing / senior compositor
Reza Tayebi ... 3d artist

Camera and Electrical Department

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Amirhossein Kotobzadeh ... lighting technician
Habib Majidi ... still photographer
Mostafa Sadeghi ... gaffer / key grip
Payman Shadmanfar ... cameraman
Adib Sobhani ... key grip
Morteza Sobhani ... first assistant camera

Casting Department

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Kian Rostami ... additional cast and extras

Location Management

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Hugo Moreno ... location scout

Music Department

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Meraj Hasanloo ... music editor
Kamihejazi ... singer
Sattar Oraki ... composer: theme music
Farbod Masoud Vaziri ... music producer (as alextoolex)

Script and Continuity Department

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Parisa Gorgin ... script supervisor (as Parisa Gorgen)

Additional Crew

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Hanaa Issa ... Production Financing
Vanessa Jerrom ... press attaché: France
Neha Lohia ... Marketing and Promotions
Alessandro Masi ... marketing & distribution
Lauren Mekhael ... finance executive
Lucie Meynial ... finance executive
Samin Mohajerani ... unit publicist
Cynthia Pinet ... head of finance
Daniela Sapkar ... publicity staff
Claire Vorger ... press attaché: France

Thanks

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Azad Jafarian ... very special thanks
Hussein Mahdavi ... thanks
Yadollah Najafi ... in memory of (as Yadolah Najafi)
Niousha Noor ... very special thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Forced to leave their collapsing house, Ranaa and Emad, an Iranian couple who happen to be performers rehearsing for Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" 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. Written by Hossein sr

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Also Known As
  • Foroushandeh (Iran, Persian title)
  • Le client (France)
  • The Salesman (United States)
  • The Salesman (India, English title)
  • The Salesman (World-wide, English title)
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Runtime
  • 124 min
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Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross $2,216,318, 19 Mar 2017

Did You Know?

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Trivia Farhadi was so taken by this project that he decided to stop his ongoing project in Spain with Penelope Cruz and return to Iran to shoot this movie in his home country. See more »
Goofs Iranian actresses are not allowed to appear without hijab. And Iranian women don't wear hijab in their home. Farhadi always find a way to solve this problem, such as there always being a stranger in the house, but in the scene in which Rana is cleaning the house she is all alone and still wearing a hijab. See more »
Movie Connections Features The Cow (1969). See more »
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Quotes Student: How do people turn to cows?
Emad: Gradually!
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