Synopsis
فروشنده
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.
Audience Engagement
783 audience reviews — more than 100% of Other Asia films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 95th percentile among Other Asia films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Salesman. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From DFI
Drama + Thriller in Other Asia
38 Other Asia titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Salesman itself).
The 2015–2017 Other Asia Window
Among 78 Other Asia films we catalog from this window, The Salesman places #10 — near the top of its class.
The 2010s Other Asia Landscape
2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Other Asia — 30 titles released, including The Salesman. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (226 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 29 other Other Asia films in 2016.
The 370th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Salesman, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- attack · 5
- trauma · 4
- assault · 1
- death of a salesman · 1
- teheran (tehran) · 13
- rape and revenge · 12
- theater play · 7
- rape · 64
- iran · 33
- iran · 33
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #105 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (81st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Drama productions specifically: #78 of 356 (top 22%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | France, Iran |
| Original Language | Persian |
| Production Companies | DFI, Memento Films Production, Farhadi Film Production, ARTE France Cinéma, ARTE |
| Runtime | 2h 5m |
| Release Date | June 24, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5186714 |
| Official Site | cohenmedia.net |