The Sale

The Sale

86 mins | Drama, Family | Oct. 5, 2014

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.

The Sale

86 mins | Drama, Family | Oct. 5, 2014

The Sale
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.
Producers Baran Film House
Original title حراج
Directors Siavash Shahabi, Hossein Shahabi
Writers Hossein Shahabi

Cast

Fariba Khademi

as Froogh

Nasim Adabi

as Nasrin

Mahsa Abiz

as Saghar

Maryam Sarmadi

as Vakil

Mohammad Akbari

as Children

Mohammad Kart

as Javan

Giti Ghasemi

as Mortazavi