Iranian Film Fest: The Salesman (Forushande) (2016)

Iran | 125 min | PG-13 | DCP | Dir. Asghar Farhadi

While participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," a teacher's wife is assaulted in her new home, which leaves Emad determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections. 

"With exquisite patience and attention to detail, Asghar Farhadi, the writer and director, builds a solid and suspenseful plot out of ordinary incidents, and packs it with rich and resonant ideas." - A.O. Scott (NY Times)

*Screening is presented in collaboration with the UW Persian Student Society and the Middle Eastern Studies Program.

This event is intended for UW-Madison students, faculty, staff and Union members and guests.