2016 · drama · thriller
The Salesman
Directed by Asghar Farhadi2h 5m2016
Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life.
Our read: The Salesman (2016) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
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