'The Salesman' trivia and fun facts
Iran box office
This movie is a record in Iran box office.
Thousands of Iranians's auditions
Farhadi asked people to send him video auditions of themselves. Thousands of Iranians participated in his petition.
Academy Awards, USA
This film won a Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2017).
Seminci
'The Salesman' was showed at the International Film Week of Valladolid (Seminci), where it won the Youth Prize.
The shooting of the film
The shooting of this film was stopped due to the death of Yadollah Najafi, famous sound recorder in this project.
Fourth time on Oscar
This is a fourth Farhadi's film with that he compites in Oscar Awards. He won an Oscar with 'The Separation of Nader and Simin'.
Donald Trump
Due to Donald Trump's recent reforms in The United States, the Iranian director of the movie, Asghar Farhadi, had prohibited to be present at the Oscars. Later, the same filmmaker refused to go.
Collaboration
Asghar Farhadi collaborates with Taraneh Alidoosti for fourth time and with Shahab Hosseini for third time.
Cannes Film Festival
'The Salesman' received the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival 2016.
Best Foreign Language Film (Oscar Award)
This is a second time that Farhadi compites for Best Foreign Language Film in Oscar Awards.