''The Salesman'' (french: Le vendeur) is a 2011 Canadian

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directed by

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and had a theatrical release in Quebec on 11 November 2011. Shot in the small city

Dolbeau-Mistassini Dolbeau-Mistassini is a town in northern Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Mistassibi River, Riviere aux Rats and the Mistassini River, on Lac Saint-Jean. Dolbeau-Mistassini is in the Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality and is ...

, in the

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (, ) is a region in Quebec, Canada. It contains the Saguenay Fjord, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region. It is also known as Sagamie in French, from the first part of "Saguenay" and th ...

region of the province of Quebec, the film looks at the effects of a declining economy on a sexagenarian car 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

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. The film won the

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at the

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and two prizes (the Silver Gateway and the prize for best actor) at the

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. The film had five

Jutra Award The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg The Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival (german: Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg), often referred to by the German-language initialism IFFMH, is an annual film festival established in 1952 hosted jointly by the citi ...

, ''The Salesman'' won the

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international film critics' prize, as well as a special jury prize. At the 2011

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, ''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. The film was shortlisted for the inaugural

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in 2012.

Release

''The Salesman'' was released on

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and DVD on March 6, 2012 by

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References

External links

Official site
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Cinémathèque QuébécoiseRégie du cinéma Québec
{{DEFAULTSORT:Salesman, The 2011 drama films Canadian drama films 2010s French-language films Films set in Quebec Films shot in Quebec Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean in fiction Films directed by Sébastien Pilote French-language Canadian films 2010s Canadian films

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Release

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