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The Salesman
2016
· Movie
· 124 min
B
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #920
- IMDb #752
- Google retired #1160
- Rotten Tomatoes #554
- Metacritic #523
- Letterboxd #735
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #280
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1273
- Metacritic Critics #393
- Metacritic Audience #1171
- Kinopoisk #3274
- AlloCiné #1298
- Trakt #1110
Every rating
53–96
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 53, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96. Critics average 90, everyone else 75.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A married couple are forced to leave their collapsing apartment in Tehran and move into a new place. Shortly after, the wife is assaulted by a stranger in their new home. The incident creates a deep rift in their relationship, and the husband becomes consumed by a quiet, escalating rage, determined to find the perpetrator and exact his own form of justice.
Details
- Director
- Asghar Farhadi
- Writer
- Asghar Farhadi
- Released
- 24 June 2016
- Country
- Iran, France, Qatar
- Language
- Persian, English
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Box office
- $7.0M
- Awards
- 11 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 18 →3 major awards won · 11 wins from 18 nominations across 17 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2017 | Best Foreign Language Film | Iran | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2016 | Asghar Farhadi | Best Screenplay | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2016 | Best Actor | Shahab Hosseini | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 2017 | Best Foreign Language Film | Iran | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2016 | Best Foreign Language Film | Asghar Farhadi | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2018 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Iran | Nominee |
| Guldbagge Awards 2018 | Best Foreign Film | Asghar Farhadi | Winner |
| Asian Film Awards 2017 | Best Screenplay | Asghar Farhadi | Winner |
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Cannes Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Asghar Farhadi | Best Screenplay | Winner |
| Best Actor | Shahab Hosseini | Winner |
Academy Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Iran | Winner |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Asghar Farhadi | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Iran | Nominee |
Asian Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Asghar Farhadi | Winner |
Chicago International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Silver Hugo Special Jury Prize | Asghar Farhadi | Winner |
Guldbagge Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Asghar Farhadi | Winner |
Mumbai Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Choice Award | Asghar Farhadi | Winner |
Munich Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best International Film | Asghar Farhadi | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Asghar Farhadi | Winner |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Asghar Farhadi | Winner |
Valladolid International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film | Asghar Farhadi | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Iran | Nominee |
Florida Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Asghar Farhadi | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Asghar Farhadi | Nominee |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Asghar Farhadi | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Asghar Farhadi | Nominee |