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The Salesman (12A)

Dir. Asghar Farhadi
Iran, France, 143 mins, 2017, subtitled
Starring Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi

Showing Times

• Sun 23 Apr: 7pm
• Tue 25 Apr: 7.30pm
• Wed 26 Apr: 7.30pm

Winner of the Academy Award for best foreign language film

New from celebrated Iranian auteur Asghar Farhadi is The Salesman, which screened in Competition at Cannes, winning awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actor (for male lead Shahab Hosseini).

It covers similar territory to Farhadi’s last two films, the acclaimed A Separation (2011) and The Past (2013), examining as it does the strained relationship between a middle-class married couple, Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti, a long-time collaborator with Farhadi) and Emad (Hosseini).

Emad is a teacher and Rana his stay-at-home wife. In their spare time, they’re also part of a theatre group, working on a production of Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman’ in which they play Miller’s careworn Willy Loman and his wife, Linda. Preparations for the play are going well until Rana and Emad suffer a disturbing domestic incident; which triggers emotional fault lines across their marriage.

Exploring challenging questions of morality and retribution, The Salesman is beautifully observed, painstakingly crafted and with the strong critical support it will undoubtedly receive, sure to prove another arthouse hit for Farhadi.

‘Beautifully acted… tense and devastating’
VARIETY

‘Smart, ambitious… well-crafted drama’
THE GUARDIAN
 

 

Venue: Studio 74, Exeter Phoenix

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