The Salesman

Their old flat being damaged, Emad and Rana, a young middle-class couple living in Tehran, is forced to move into a new apartment. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the couple’s life. A free adaptation of Arthur Miller’s The Death of a Salesman from an Iranian director and a formidable anatomist of human relationships.

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Script: Asghar Farhadi

Cinematography: Hossein Jafarian

Editing: Hayedeh Safiyari

Sound: Yadollah Najafi, Hossein Bashash

Music: Sattar Oraki

Actors: Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi, Farid Sajjadihosseini

Production: Memento Films Production Asghar Farhadi Production

Producers: Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Asghar Farhadi

Co-production: Arte France Cinema

Costumes: Sara Samiee

Production Design: Keyvan Moghadam

Format: Color

Production Country: Iran-France

Production Year: 2016

Duration: 125

Distribution in Greece: Seven Films sevenfilms@sevenfilms.gr www.sevenfilms.gr

Contact: Memento Films International sales@memento-films.com www.memento-films.com

Asghar Farhadi

He was born in 1972. He made his first short film at age 13 and had made five short films before attending the University of Tehran in 1991 to study theater, a choice that would influence his filmmaking style significantly. His most awarded film, A Separation, premiered at the Berlinale, where he won the Golden Bear and broke an audience record that had stood for 60 years.