The Salesman

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi (“A Separation”) made global headlines for boycotting the 2017 Oscars in protest of President Donald Trump’s Travel Ban. Despite the potential backlash, Farhadi won the Best Foreign Language Oscar for this minimalist masterpiece, a simmering domestic thriller with masterful Hitchcockian suspense and twists. Married couple Eman and Rana are starring together in a local production of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” when a violent assault upends their lives. Eman is disastrously driven to seek revenge, more motivated than he realizes by his portrayal of Willy Loman, a character who similarly struggled with his inability to provide for his wife. A climactic final act brings the parallel between Miller’s play and Eman and Rana’s lives to a quietly devastating conclusion. Tragic and transcendent, it will leave you breathless.

PRE-SHOW MUSIC BY
G-Snacks (Wed)
Michelle Chenard (Fri)

SPONSORED BY
The Wilson Family and Rainbow Rehabilitation Center (Wed)
Pat Sharpnack & Connie Adams (Fri)