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68% Rotten Tomatoes Cinematography Michel La Veaux | 7.1/10 IMDb Directed by Sébastien Pilote Initial release 11 November 2011 (Québec) Screenplay Sébastien Pilote | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Marc Daigle, Bernadette Payeur Music director Pierre Lapointe, Philippe Brault Producers Marc Daigle, Bernadette Payeur Cast Gilbert Sicotte, Nathalie Cavezzali, Jean‑François Boudreau, Jérémy Tessier, Michel Daigle Similar Louis Cyr, Adrien, The Revolving Doors, 10½, The Woman Who Drinks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
La film fest the salesman trailer
The Salesman (French: Le Vendeur) is a 2011 Canadian drama film directed by Sébastien Pilote. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and had a theatrical release in Quebec on 11 November 2011.
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- La film fest the salesman trailer
- Oscar winning iranian director asghar farhadi on his new film the salesman
- Distinctions
- References
Shot in the small city Dolbeau-Mistassini, in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of the province of Quebec, the film looks at the effects of a declining economy on a sexagenarian car salesman.
Oscar winning iranian director asghar farhadi on his new film the salesman
Distinctions
The film was included in the list of "Canada's Top Ten" feature films of 2011, selected by a panel of experts organized by TIFF.
The film won the FIPRESCI Prize at the San Francisco International Film Festival and two prizes (the Silver Gateway and the prize for best actor) at the Mumbai Film Festival.
The film had five Jutra Award nominations, winning in the Best Actor category (Gilbert Sicotte)
At the 2011 International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, The Salesman won the FIPRESCI international film critics' prize, as well as a special jury prize.
At the 2011 Torino Film Festival, The Salesman won two prizes, the Premio Cipputi (best film on the world of work) and the FIPRESCI prize.
The film won the top prize at the 2012 Cinema Jove Film Festival in Valencia.