“Pop Up!” screenings will feature full length international festival films with discussions led by UWMadison & other local humanities experts who will connect themes addressed in the films with Wisconsin’s multicultural communities.
Film: The Salesman
This Iranian film won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2017.
"While both are participating in a production of 'Death of a Salesman,' a teacher's wife is assaulted in her new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections." Persian dialogue w/English subtitles(2016|124min|Iran)
IMDb entry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5186714/
"It is in the midst of this painful tale of crime and punishment that the spirit of Willy Loman makes its improbable, powerful and surprisingly literal return. The Salesman is about trust and honor, about violence against women in a patriarchal society, about the woe that is in marriage, but it is also about death, a salesman and the hidden brutality of class...Mr. Farhadis control is astonishing, as is the discipline of the actors. Their final scenes are at once riveting and hard to watch. Attention, as someone once said, must be paid."
A.O. Scott - The New York Times
Presented by Hamidreza Nassiri, UW-Madison Graduate Student; Director of the WI Iranian Film Festival Mr. Nassiri will also lead a Q&A following the screening.
Seating is first come, first served with space for 50 attendees. Doors open 1/2 hour before the film start time. Light refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Pinney Library. This film is rated pg-13 by the MPAA. Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult.
This free film screening is funded by Beyond the Page, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Madison Community Foundation and is offered in partnership with the WI Film Festival.
