WED, MAR 15, 6:40p:
Oscar WINNER: Best Foreign Language Film
Miami Encore Screenings!
THE SALESMAN
Directed by ASGHAR FARHADI/Iran/2017/2hr, 05mins.
With Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi
After their old flat becomes damaged, Emad (Shahab Hosseini) and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti), a young couple living in Tehran, are forced to move into a new apartment. However, once relocated, a sudden eruption of violence linked to the previous tenant of their new home dramatically changes the couple’s life, creating a simmering tension between husband and wife.
WINNER: Cannes Film Festival Best Screenplay, Best Actor
Best Foreign Language Film National Board of Review
“AN EXPERTLY MADE SUSPENSE FILM”-Bilge Ebiri, Village Voice
“CRITIC’S PICK: With exquisite patience and attention to detail, Ashgar Farhadi, the writer and director, builds a solid and suspenseful plot out of ordinary incidents, and packs it with rich and resonant ideas”
-A.O Scott, New York Times
