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The Salesman

2011 1h 47m Drama List
Tomatometer 2 Reviews 69% Popcornmeter 50+ Ratings
An aging car salesman (Gilbert Sicotte) refuses to give in to despair in the face of tragedy.

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Rick Groen Globe and Mail Marcel is not a complicated soul. I mustn't give away the climax, but it forces him to look beneath his public mask. Rated: 3/4 Feb 3, 2012 Full Review Greg Quill Toronto Star A masterful observation of ordinary people squeezing what they need to get by out of unforgiving circumstances. Rated: 3/4 Feb 2, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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Reza K It seems that everything is same as before but something big changes forever even if life goes on ... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/27/12 Full Review Audience Member The story focuses on a moral that is put a little too severely for what it is with tradgedies along the way but else, it is very well shot and thought of (screenplay). Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member I found this movie awfully bad. The actions were long, if you can call it actions, because nothing is moving, nothing is happening. When you're making a movie, you have the power to make something big, unusual things, or to move from actions to actions. But in this movie, those opportunities are not taken, it's boring and terribly long. Only good thing is Gilbert Sicotte, truly deserved his Jutra, even if is character is kind of annoying, we can see he's a great actor and did a great job. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a chronicle, so not much is going on. The background is interesting though and the main character fits well in this universe. The main problem though, is that Sebatien Pilote seems afraid to keep his film on the chosen path and adds predictable and annoying events to keep the story moving. Still, it's got interesting themes and it is pretty good. Gilbert Sicotte gives the performance of his career. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Jutra 2012. Histoire morose tenue à bout de bras par la grande performance de Gilbert Sicotte. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Un excellent film, lent et deprimant (ca va avec le sujet), sur le drame des regions eloignees du Quebec qui vivent et meurent avec une seule industrie qui fournit les emplois dans les villages. Gilbert Sicotte est excellent en vendeur de voitures qui voit son monde changer quand les difficultes des travailleurs a l'usine affectent sa vie directement, avec des consequences tragiques. Triste, tres triste. Et les paysages hivernaux brutaux rendent ca encore pire. Bien content de vivre a Montreal finalement ;). Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis An aging car salesman (Gilbert Sicotte) refuses to give in to despair in the face of tragedy.
Director
Sébastien Pilote
Screenwriter
Sébastien Pilote
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Runtime
1h 47m