FORUSHANDE / THE SALESMAN

Forced to leave their collapsing house, Ranaa and Emad, an Iranian couple who happen to be performers rehearsing for Arthur Miller’s "Death of a Salesman" rent a new apartment from one of their fellow performers. Unaware of the fact that the previous tenant had been a woman of ill repute having many clients, they settle down. By a nasty turn of events one of the clients pays a visit to the apartment one night while Ranaa is alone at home taking a bath and the aftermath turns the peaceful life of the couple upside down.

ASGHAR FARHADI

Asghar Farhadi was born in 1972 in Iran. He became interested in cinema in his teenage years and started his filmmaking education by joining the Youth Cinema Society of Esfahan in 1986. He received his Bachelors in Theater from University of Tehran's School of Dramatic Arts in 1998 and his Masters in Stage Direction from Tarbiat Modares University a few years later. Farhadi made his directorial debut, Dancing in the Dust (Raghs dar Ghobar), in 2002. Over the years, he has won numerous awards, including the Golden Bear, Golden Globe and, ultimately, the Oscar (Best Foreign Language Film) for A Separation.