
A Separation(2011)
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.


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.

Shahab Hosseini
Emad Etesami

Taraneh Alidoosti
Rana Etesami

Babak Karimi
Babak

Mina Sadati
Sanam

Mehdi Koushki
Siavash

Farid Sajjadi Hosseini
Naser

Maral Baniadam
Kati

Mojtaba Pirzadeh
Majid

Sam Valipour
Sadra
Shirin Aghakashi
Esmat
The Salesman is a drama, thriller film released in 2016 exploring themes of rape, trauma, assault, theater play, teheran (tehran), iran, attack. Directed by Asghar Farhadi, it stars Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi. 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.
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