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Michigan Technological University Mail    Faith Morrison <fmorriso@mtu.edu>
movie this wednesday: Forushande (The Salesman)
Tomas Co <tbco@mtu.edu>    Mon, May 15, 2017 at 12:13 AM
To: ", filmlover-l" <filmlover-l@mtu.edu>
Hello everyone,

For this Wednesday, we are showing an Iranian
movie "Forushande (The Salesman)", directed by Asghar Farhadi (more details below).

Please feel free to pass the message around and
invite your friends. Hope you can join us.

Regards,

Tom Co

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Title: Forushande(The Saleman)

Date and Time: May 17 Wednesday, 6:30-9

Place: 308 Cooper Ave, Hancock

Director:  Asghar Farhadi

Partial List of Characters:
  Taraneh Alidoosti
  Shahab Hosseini
  Babak Karimi
  Farid Sajjadi Hosseini
  Mina Sadati
  Mojtaba Pirzadeh
  Emad Emami
  Mehdi Koushki

US Rating: PG13

Language: Persian (with English subtitles)

Length: 124 mins

Media: Bluray, color

Summary: (by Hossein sr via www.imdb.com)

  "Forced to leave their collapsing house,
  Ranaa and Emad, an Iranian couple who
  happen to be performers rehearsing for
  Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" rent
  a new apartment from one of their fellow
  performers. Unaware of the fact that the
  previous tenant had been a woman of ill
  repute having many clients, they settle
  down. By a nasty turn of events one of
  the clients pays a visit to the apartment
  one night while Ranaa is alone at home
  taking a bath and the aftermath turns the
  peaceful life of the couple upside down."

My Comments:

  Another very good Iranian drama/mystery by
  Asghar Farhadi (director/writer of
  "A Separation", "The Past" and "About Elly"). 
  Although the title refers to Arthur Miller's
  "Death of a Salesman", I fail to see the
  relevance.  Instead, the main issue I see
  is more about how a couple handles the violation
  of their peaceful lives by a mysterious perpetrator. 
  In the end, one of them gets sucked into the
  perils of revenge.  I think the story has more in
  common with Edward Albee's "Zoo Story".

  The acting and cinematogaphy are as usual, very good.

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