![]() ![]() This film was not supposed to have been made. We talked we him ahead of the awards ceremony, which was held last night after Arts&Life went to press.Īfter you made The Past, in France, how was it to go back to Iran and make a film in your mother tongue? The screenplay, also by Farhadi, features a "play within a play", as Death of a Salesman is being performed in a theatre, and its scenes parallel and augment the film's narrative.Ī Salesman received a fantastic reception at the festival, and Farhadi was hoping to add the Palme d'Or to the Oscar he won in 2012 for A Separation. Tipped as one of the leading contenders for this year’s Palm d’Or, the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the film revolves around a teacher and his wife, who is attacked at their home in Tehran.Īctors Taraneh Alidoosti and Shahab Hosseini, both regulars in Farhadi's films, deliver superb performances as a couple who must decide how to respond to the attack. By contrast, his younger son, Happy, has a more traditional-albeit lackluster-career and is a womanizer.A Salesman is a fantastic adaptation of playwright Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, made by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi. He also constantly fights with his eldest son Biff, who, after dropping out of high school, has been getting by as a drifter and as an occasional thief. While at home, he dissociates from reality, entering in time switches that explain why he turned out the way he did through interactions with his brother Ben and his mistress. ![]() Fun Fact: Arthur Miller provided two alternate versions of a physical insult in the play: If Willy Loman is played by a small man (like Dustin Hoffman) he is called a "shrimp," but if the actor is large, Willy Loman is called a "walrus.”ĭeath of a Salesman is, at first glance, about the last day in the life of salesman Willy Loman, who, at 63, has failed at his career.Notable Adaptations: 1984 at the Broadhurst Theater, with Dustin Hoffman playing Willy 2012 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, with Philip Seymour Hoffman as Willy Loman. ![]() Main Characters: Willy Loman, Biff Loman, Happy Loman, Linda Loman, Ben Loman.Themes: The American dream, family relationships.Premiere Date:, at the Morosco Theatre. ![]()
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