Willy Loman Willy Loman William "Willy" Loman is a fictional character and the protagonist of Arthur Miller's classic play "Death of a Salesman", which debuted on Broadway with Lee J. Cobb playing Loman at the Morosco Theatre on February 10, 1949. Loman is a 63-year-old travelling salesman from Brooklyn with 34 years of experience with the same company who endures a pay cut and a firing during the play. He has difficulty dealing with his current state and has created a fantasy world to cope with his situation. This does not keep him from multiple suicide attempts. Willy Loman is an aging
The Salesman (2011 film) The Salesman (2011 film) The Salesman () 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. The film was included in the list of "Canada's Top Ten" feature films of 2011, selected by a panel of experts organized by TIFF. The film won the FIPRESCI Prize at the San Francisco