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The Salesman (2011)

The Salesman poster
Original title
Le Vendeur
Directed by
Sébastien Pilote
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows an aging car salesman in a small Quebec town where the economy is declining. He faces personal and professional struggles as his old life fades away.

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What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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