From the Oscar-winning director of A Separation comes a gripping tale of secrets and lies amongst a tight-knit group of friends holidaying on the Caspian Sea. With an expertly paced narrative and an impressive ensemble cast, including Golshifteh Farahani (Body of Lies), About Elly is a cinematic master class that works as both a thriller and a convincing character study. Intelligent, shrewd and meticulously crafted, About Elly confirms Asghar Farhadi's status as one of World Cinema's finest talents.
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Iranian drama following a group of friends from Tehran who go to the seaside for the weekend. One of the women invites Elly (Taraneh Alidoosti) her daughter's teacher, hoping to set her up with their recently divorced friend Ahmad (Shahab Hosseini), who has now emigrated to Germany. However, following an apparent attempt to rescue one of the children from drowning, Elly mysteriously disappears. Has she drowned, or has she simply had enough of the group's not-so-subtle attempts to set her up with Ahmad?
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play From Asghar Farhadi the director of the Oscar-winning A SEPARATION comes another gripping and powerful tale of secrets and lies Sepideh (the outstanding Golshifteh Farahani Ridley Scott&39;s BODY OF LIES) is the young matriarch at the heart of a group of old friends who are taking a trip to the coast Tagging along for the ride is the teacher of Sepideh&39;s daughter the eponymous Elly (Taraneh Alidoosti FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY) a reserved and gentle soul - at least on initial inspection - who is blissfully unaware that Sepideh has an ulterior motive for her invitation the prospect of matchmaking Elly with the recently divorced Ahmad (Shahab Hosseini A SEPARATION) This small deception on the part of Sepideh while seemingly innocuous is the trigger that will ultimately lead to a shocking twist as her desperation to keep Elly with the group ends in tragedy Actors Golshifteh Farahani Shahab Hosseini Taraneh Alidoosti Merila Zare&39;i Mani Haghighi Peyman Moadi Rana Azadivar Ahmad Mehranfar & Saber Abar Director Asghar Farhadi Certificate 12 years and over Year 2009 Screen 1851 Anamorphic Languages Persian - Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English Duration 1 hour and 54 minutes (approx)
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