Friday, May 12, 2017

Foreign Movie Review: THE SALESMAN (2016) AA

The director of this excellent Iranian movie, Asghar Farhadi, is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He has received a Golden Globe Award as well as two Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film for his movies A Separation and The Salesman in 2012 and 2017, respectively. He was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the world by Time magazine in 2012.

It is an excellent film, well acted, well directed with a story that is real.

Forced to leave their apartment due to a dangerous construction project in a neighboring building, a young Iranian couple moves to the center of Tehran where they become embroiled in a life-altering situation involving the previous tenant. 


The film’s title refers to the play being staged by the of actors presenting Arthur Miller’s tragic “Death of a Salesman” in Tehran. In this movie the writers and director introduces us to thoroughly defined characters who are not always truthful about their motivations, sometimes because they don’t understand themselves. Like salesmen, they put the best side forward and conceal the flaws.

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