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Also known as Darbareye Elly

2009 film directed by Asghar Farhadi

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About Elly is a 2009 Iranian drama film directed, written, and produced by Asghar Farhadi. The cast includes Golshifteh Farahani, Taraneh Alidoosti, Shahab Hosseini, and Mani Haghighi. Hossein Jafarian served as the director of photography, while Hayedeh Safiyari edited the film. The narrative is set at the Caspian Sea. The movie was released in 2009 and has a runtime of 119 minutes.

The film is distributed by Netflix via video on demand and was also available through Philo and Fandor Amazon Channel. It was produced by Dreamlab. The original languages are Persian and German. The movie received the Silver Bear for Best Director. It has been assessed under the Bechdel test. The film holds a review score of 99% and an 8.1/10 rating.

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Film · TMDB

7.5

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.

Released: 2009-06-06119 minDir: Asghar FarhadiDrama

Cast

  • Golshifteh Farahani as Sepideh
  • Shahab Hosseini as Ahmad
  • Payman Maadi as Peyman
  • Merila Zarei as Shohreh
  • Ahmad Mehranfar as Manoochehr
  • Mani Haghighi as Amir

Themes

  • sea
  • judge
  • fiancé
  • vacation
  • volleyball
  • middle class
  • purse
  • friends
  • disappearance
  • iran

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Ratings

IMDb

7.9/10

58,135 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

99%

Metacritic

87/100

Year
2009
Runtime
119 min
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Rated
TV-PG
Awards
23 wins & 17 nominations

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
Iran
Original language
German
Screenwriter
Asghar Farhadi
Cinematographer
Hossein Jafarian
Narrative location
Caspian Sea
Duration
119
FilmAffinity ID
964449
Distribution format
video on demand
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title
Darbâreye Elly
film editor
Hayedeh Safiyari
publication date
2011-01-06
production designer
Asghar Farhadi
costume designer
Asghar Farhadi
distributed by
Netflix
assessment
Bechdel test
review score
87/100
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