About Elly

About Elly

2009 · 119 min · FA · NR · 7.5 (577 votes)
Dir. Asghar Farhadi · Starring Taraneh Alidoosti, Golshifteh Farahani, Shahab Hosseini, Merila Zarei, Mani Haghighi, Payman Maadi · Music Andrea Bauer
Drama

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.

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A seemingly idyllic vacation unravels into a tense, suffocating examination of unspoken resentments and collective guilt. The beautiful Iranian coast becomes a backdrop for simmering anxieties and the devastating consequences of a single, unresolved event.

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