The Sale (film) explained

The Sale (Persian: حراج)
Director:	Hossein Shahabi
Producer:	Hossein Shahabi
Music:	Hossein Shahabi- Babak Parsian
Cinematography:	Hooman Salmasi
Editing:	Hossein Shahabi
Studio:	Rain Home Movie
Distributor:	Baran Film House
Runtime:	98 minutes
Country:	Iran
Language:	Persian
Gross:	1432000$

The Sale (Persian: حراج) is a 2014 Iranian social drama film produced & directed by Hossein Shahabi (Persian: حسین شهابی) This Film the first time screened in 21st film festival of vesoul France.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Synopsis

Forough is a middle aged woman whose husband has temporarily married with another woman. Even though that was kept secret from her, but his action is considered legal in Iran. Now the husband is in prison, due to not being able to pay second wife’s “Mehrieh” (the bride’s marriage portion). The second wife intends to receive her Mehrieh by asking the court’s permission to sell his house. Forough, the first wife, in order to not lose her home, intends to sell all she has to pay for her husband’s debt and release him from the jail...

Production

• Producer: Hossein Shahabi
• Production Manager: Mohammad Reza Najafi
• Procurement Manager:Morteza Khosravi
• Produced in Baran Film House, Iran, 2014

Plot

• Hossein Shahabi
• Siavash Shahabi

Starring

• Fariba Khademi
• Nasim Adabi
• Mahsa Abiz
• Mohammad Kart
• Maryam Sarmadi
• Ali Habibpoor
• Ahmad Shahabi
• Mohammad Akbari

Crew

• Director Of Photography: Hooman Salmasi
• Sound Recorder: Mohammad Salehi
• Editors: Hossein Shahabi, Hossein Eyvazi
• Assistant director: Narjes Ebrahimi
• Music: Hossein Shahabi, Babak Parsian
• Costume Designer: Bahareh Amini
• Director of Consulting: Bahareh Ansari
• Planner: Narjes Ebrahimi
• Assistsnts Director: Idin Pedari, Siavash Shahabi, Javad Kahani

International presence

• Companies at the 21st international film festival of Asian cinema, Vesoul, France (2015)^[7]
• Companies at the 15th Iranian film festival of Sweden (2015)^[8]

References

• Festival Scope Retrieved 11 March 2013
• persianfilmfestival Retrieved 22 April 2013
• nasimonline Retrieved 22 April 2013
• mehr news Retrieved 22 April 2013
• Organization of Iranian cinema Retrieved 22 December 2014
• letterboxed Retrieved 13 October 2014

External links

• The sale review (by David J. Fowlie)
• bani film news Banifilm Retrieved 13 February 2014
• isna news Banifilm Retrieved 13 June 2014

Notes and References

1. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/thesale gene siskel film festival of chicago
2. http://www.cinemas-asie.com/en/?option=com_k2&view=item&id=336:the-sale&Itemid=467 21st festival of vesoul
3. http://www.sourehcinema.com/Title/FullCast_Crew.aspx?Id=139209250001 iranian movie database
4. http://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/cannes_market_dailies/iranian_independents_line_up_in_cannes_2014 Cannes Market
5. http://www.cinando.com/DefaultController.aspx?PageID=FicheFilm&IdC=7776&IdF=185725 cinando
6. http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2016/the-10-best-iranian-films-of-2015/2/ The 10 Best Iranian Films of 2015
7. http://www.cinemas-asie.com/en/?option=com_k2&view=item&id=336:the-sale&Itemid=467 21st festival of vesoul
8. http://film.yari.nu/index.php/home/langfilmer/thesale 15th film festival of Sweden