About Elly (Darbareye Elly)
10.45am Sunday 5 March 2017
A joyful party of friends—three married couples with kids plus the newly divorced Ahmad (Shahab Hosseini) and young kindergarten teacher Elly (Taraneh Alidousti)—drive to the Caspian Sea for a three-day holiday. The plan, masterminded by Sepideh (Golshifteh Farahani), is to introduce Elly to Ahmad, who’s looking for a new wife. Sepideh tells the elderly lady who rents them a big beach house the first lie: that Ahmad and Elly are newlyweds. Given Iranian social conventions, this is understandable, but it begins a chain that will have dire consequences
Country: Iran
Studio: Independent Release: June 6, 2009 Director: Asghar Farhadi ** Writer: Asghar Farhadi Duration: 1 min 56 sec Cast: Ahmad Mehranfar, Golshifteh Farahani*, Mani Haghighi, Merila Zarei, Peyman Moadi, Rana Azadivar, Saber Abar, Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti *Starred in Paterson at WIFF
** Director of: 2016 The Salesman (2017 Oscar winner, Best Foreign Language Film), 2013 The Past, 2011 A Separation, 2009 About Elly, 2006 Fireworks Wednesday, 2004 Beautiful City, 2003 Dancing in the Dust |
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