The Salesman

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Kyle M @RT77296778 Sep 10, 2024 Once more, Asghar Farhadi gives a thematic hefty deliverance with exceptional performances and diverting expectancy as a challenging viewpoint, climatically proven problematic, however, amid the confrontational twist’s ambiguously behavioral implications. (B) See more Joshua W @RT68414421 Mar 31, 2024 The movie starts very slowly. I was starting to get bored. But there is a build up of tension as Emad goes out to look for the offender. When the movie reaches a not-disappointing climax, all sorts of questions will enter the viewer's head regarding right and wrong, shoulds and shouldn'ts, definition of justice. Well acted by all involved. I quite enjoyed Shahab Hosseini's complex performance and I wouldn't mind seeing a movie with him again. This movie leaves an impression that the viewer won't quickly forget. See more Georgan G @RT98616417 Jul 7, 2023 This play within a film added another layer of complexity atop the already different issues of interpersonal culture in Iranian society. Not that I expected them to have ideal medical & human services for trauma. I wasn't clear on whether the couple left together or walked apart. See more Dave S @RT68722908 Jan 12, 2023 Over the last fifteen years, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi has proven to be a filmmaker to be reckoned with. Consistent with his emphasis on moral dilemmas stemming from societal issues, The Salesman is the story of a young couple from Tehran forced to leave their condemned apartment, eventually finding a home in the recently vacated unit of a ‘promiscuous' woman. A violent incident involving the wife eventually leads the couple down a dangerous road of misguided retribution and accountability. Farhadi's script is lean and insightful, providing an interesting story and well-developed characters. While it may not resonate with the same power as A Separation from a few years earlier (but what does?), it remains a quietly suspenseful drama that's well worth a watch. See more Johnson F @RT29722865 Dec 20, 2022 Asghar Farhadi's second Academy Award win for Best Foreign Language Film is a social realist drama that unveils with unnerving disquiet the truth of sexual violence against women in a patriarchal society in a narrative of scenes from a disintegrating marriage of two actors in a production of Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman after a most unfortunate domestic attack. See more andrea c @Charst Mar 8, 2022 Farhadi, da regista fuoriclasse quale è, dà vita ad un altro estratto di vita ordinaria; una coppia di normali individui la cui vita cambia drasticamente in seguito a due eventi che caratterizzano il film, da principio il crollo del palazzo, scena di grandissimo impatto emotivo che sorprende per la rapidità con cui arriva; ed infine con l'evento cardine intorno a cui gira tutta la pellicola. Ogni dialogo è chiaro e rappresentativo della cultura (in cui non manca un tono di ironia elegante) ed individua perfettamente il carattere di ogni personaggio; non ci sono pecche e non ci sono forzature. Forse il finale è il passaggio meno riuscito; la morte del "Cliente" quando tutto sembrava finito, sembra un ulteriore colpo di scena di cui non se ne sentiva bisogno; probabilmente unica piccola pecca in un film di rara eleganza e completezza. See more Read all reviews

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