The Salesman

Tehran. Night. A distant rumble. Stage actors Emad and Rana's lives warp when they're forced to relocate. An act of violence explodes their private world. Farhadi's moral intensity renders genre moot.

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Asghar Farhadi directed The Salesman in 2016. See Asghar Farhadi's full filmography, where to start with Asghar Farhadi, or where to go after you've seen everything by Asghar Farhadi.

The Salesman was released in 2016 (FA original-language production), with a runtime of 125 minutes.