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About Elly

Original title: Darbareye Elly
  • 20092009
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
54K
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Golshifteh Farahani in About Elly (2009)
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DramaMystery
The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
54K
YOUR RATING
    • Asghar Farhadi
    • Asghar Farhadi(screenplay)
    • Azad Jafarian(story)
  • Stars
    • Golshifteh Farahani
    • Shahab Hosseini
    • Taraneh Alidoosti
    • Asghar Farhadi
    • Asghar Farhadi(screenplay)
    • Azad Jafarian(story)
  • Stars
    • Golshifteh Farahani
    • Shahab Hosseini
    • Taraneh Alidoosti
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 104User reviews
    • 151Critic reviews
    • 87Metascore
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    Golshifteh Farahani and Taraneh Alidoosti in About Elly (2009)
    Shahab Hosseini in About Elly (2009)
    Asghar Farhadi in About Elly (2009)
    Golshifteh Farahani in About Elly (2009)
    Payman Maadi in About Elly (2009)
    Merila Zare'i and Payman Maadi in About Elly (2009)
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    Golshifteh Farahani in About Elly (2009)
    Shahab Hosseini, Payman Maadi, Mani Haghighi, and Ahmad Mehranfar in About Elly (2009)
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    Golshifteh Farahani
    Golshifteh Farahani
    • Sepideh
    Shahab Hosseini
    Shahab Hosseini
    • Ahmad
    Taraneh Alidoosti
    Taraneh Alidoosti
    • Elly
    Sajjad Dolati
    • Mehran
    Merila Zare'i
    Merila Zare'i
    • Shohreh
    Mani Haghighi
    Mani Haghighi
    • Amir
    Payman Maadi
    Payman Maadi
    • Peyman
    • (as Peyman Moaadi)
    Ra'na Azadivar
    Ra'na Azadivar
    • Naazi
    Ahmad Mehranfar
    Ahmad Mehranfar
    • Manoochehr
    Saber Abar
    Saber Abar
    • Alireza
    • (as Saber Abbar)
    Aminnima
    • Abbas
    Mohammad Javad Babapour
    • Brilliant
    Amir Hossein Ghezelbash
    • Kianosh asadi
    Peyman Navidi Nahand
    • Peyman
    • (as Peyman Navidi)
    Ehsan Nazari
    • Mohamad
    Masoud Naziri
    • Alireza
    Kambiz Noorollahi
    • Sasan
    • (as Kamibekami)
    Mohamad Ramezani Pour
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      • Asghar Farhadi
      • Asghar Farhadi(screenplay) (story)
      • Azad Jafarian(story)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      In the charade scene, the actors really didn't know the correct answer, and they really guessed the words during the scene.
    • Goofs
      When they decide to stay in the villa and start to clean it, Ahmad calls the boy (Omid) by name, asking him about where he can find a vacuum cleaner. Seconds later, he asks the boy about his name.
    • Quotes

      Ahmad: A bitter ending is better than an endless bitterness.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Asho (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      Song For Eli
      Written by Andrea Bauer

    User reviews104

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    10/10
    a non forgettable piece of work
    You can't breathe, you can not even shout, you can not cry, you'll be just stay fascinated till the end and the final music is just as fantastic as the whole movie itself; The roles are played by some of the best actors and actresses of Iran, who actually LIVE the roles and you just get engaged with everything that's going on there as if you are one of them; I loved it so much; Thanks to Asghar Farhadi for always making us such good movies; I do recommend everyone to see this if the haven't yet; I'm gonna see it again for sure....... I really love the scene where the sound of Eli gets mixed with the cruel sound of Sea which really makes you nervous; gives some notices about the upcoming events;
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    • mahsaee
    • Aug 30, 2009

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    • Release date
      • June 6, 2009 (Iran)
      • Iran
      • France
      • sourehcinema
      • Persian
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Tonekabon, Mazandaran, Iran
    • Production company
      • Dreamlab
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    • 1 hour 59 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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