About Elly
2009 · Movie · NR · 119 min · ★ 7.5 · 93% critics
A group of friends heads to the seaside for a relaxed getaway, bringing along a young teacher who doesn’t quite fit in. When she suddenly goes missing, the trip turns into a tense scramble of confusion, blame, and half-truths as everyone tries to make sense of what happened.
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Details
- Original title
- درباره الی
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-06-06
- Language
- FA
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Critic score
- 93/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (543 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like tense, realistic dramas where small decisions spiral into moral pressure and social fallout, similar to A Separation or The Salesman; Not for you if you want fast pacing or clear-cut answers.
Pros: slow-burn tension; gripping group drama; strong performances | Cons: slow start; frustrating choices; subtitles required
Themes
- sea
- judge
- fiancé
- vacation
- volleyball
- middle class
- purse
- friends
- disappearance
- iran
- guilt
- beach house
- +5 more
Awards & recognition
- Silver Bear — Best Director · 2009
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2010 · nominated
- Asia Pacific Screen Award — Best Feature Film · 2009 · nominated
Cast & crew
Golshifteh Farahani
as Sepideh
Shahab Hosseini
as Ahmad
Payman Maadi
as Peyman
Merila Zarei
as Shohreh
Ahmad Mehranfar
as Manoochehr
Mani Haghighi
as Amir
Rana Azadivar
as Naazi
Taraneh Alidoosti
as Elly
Saber Abar
as Alireza
Directed by Asghar Farhadi