2017 Academy Awards nominates ‘The Salesman’

The Academy Awards has nominated the Iranian movie ‘The Salesman’ for the best Foreign Language Film category.

Directed by Asghar Farhadi, ‘The Salesman’ joins eight other nominees for the 2017 Academy Awards celebrations to be held in the US city of Los Angeles, California, early next year.

Other movies that are to compete with ‘The Salesman’ for the best Foreign Language Film are from Germany, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland and Norway.

The film tells the story of a young couple named Emad (Shahab Hosseini) and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti) who move into a new apartment in the center of Tehran. However, an incident linked to the previous tenant dramatically changes their lives.

The film has already won double awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival this year.

Farhadi's most famous movie, ‘A Separation’, grabbed global recognition when it became the first Iranian movie to win an Oscar at the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.

The Academy Awards, or ‘Oscars’, is an annual American awards ceremony to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements in the United States film industry as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.

FM/AI