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About Elly

About Elly

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Release Date

6/6/2009

Runtime

119 mins

Genres

Drama

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

Persian

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Homepage

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A seemingly simple seaside getaway curdles into something far darker as a group of friends unravels under the weight of a disappearance and the truths it exposes about themselves. Farhadi's precise direction traps you in the group's spiraling moral confusion.

Mood

UnsettlingTenseBittersweetClaustrophobic

Themes

FamilyMemoryClass

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHandheld

Structure

Linear

Heads up

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Golshifteh Farahani

Golshifteh Farahani

Sepideh

Shahab Hosseini

Shahab Hosseini

Ahmad

Payman Maadi

Payman Maadi

Peyman

Merila Zarei

Merila Zarei

Shohreh

Ahmad Mehranfar

Ahmad Mehranfar

Manoochehr

Mani Haghighi

Mani Haghighi

Amir

Rana Azadivar

Rana Azadivar

Naazi

Taraneh Alidoosti

Taraneh Alidoosti

Elly

Saber Abar

Saber Abar

Alireza

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