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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.
About Elly
2009 ‘درباره الی’ Directed by Asghar Farhadi
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Darbâreye Eli, Darbareye Elly, Kanojo ga kieta hamabe, A propos d'Elly, Co wiesz o Elly?, Elly története, Procurando Elly, Alles über Elly, История на Ели, Ti apegine i Elly..., A propósito de Elly, Sve o Eli, 어바웃 엘리, درباره الی, Elly Hakkında
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Moving relationship stories Thrillers and murder mysteries emotional, emotion, family, moving or feelings marriage, emotion, romance, relationships or feelings marriage, drama, family, emotional or emotion disaster, exciting, boats, voyage or adventure surfing, teenager, friendship, kids or adolescents Show All…
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Another terrific drama from Asghar Farhadi that deeply explores the intricate human values and moral ambiguities when pushed into fragile situations. The tale is about a simple lie leading to major consequences, even to the extent of disintegrating relationships. The narrative flows smoothly, raising its dramatic tension in a consistent manner from the second act. The top notch performances from the entire cast further elevates the drama. A highly recommended watch.
“A bitter end is better than No ending bitterness”
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From one of world cinema's master storytellers & the writer-director of cinematic gems such as A Separation & The Past, About Elly is yet another masterpiece of intricate human drama from Asghar Farhadi which with its extremely gripping, morally challenging & simplest in approach narration turns out to be as riveting a tale of suspense, mystery & realism as the best of the genre can offer.
Filmed with steady control by utilising nothing but simple real-life conversations to move its story forward, making full use of its raw cinematography & clever editing, performed with remarkable naturalness from its entire cast & exploring human nature in an intimate fashion to make a strong, universal statement about the society we live in, About Elly succeeds not only as…
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About Elly is the prime example of an excellent director extracting all the sensational elements out of a not otherwise sensational story, maximize its entertainment values, and inject his social commentary into it. It's a gripping, extremely patient slow-burn of how normal everyday life can easily spin out of hand over something as trivial as a reckless decision, well, many reckless decisions.
It starts with cheerful, sunshine-drenched depiction of an Iranian weekend getaway featuring a group of colleagues and friends, until a tragedy suddenly hits the group, and their friendliness fades away and finger pointing takes over. Director Asghar Farhadi was consistent with the nonchalant tone of the movie, except for the shots when the tragedy happens, where you would…
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"I knew."
For years now, About Elly has been the film I recommend most aggressively to people. It's one of the best I've ever seen, and even on my fifth viewing, I love it more still. I'm always convinced that my friends will love it, too, but they rarely do. I truly believe that About Elly is technically astounding and is helmed by an absolutely incredible lead performance by Golshifteh Farahani and a likewise talented supporting cast. However, I've come to realize just how inherently Iranian this film is, and so much of my enjoyment of it comes from that cultural understanding that most of my American friends don't relate to.
Persian culture is, like any culture, far too complex…
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About Elly is my first Farhadi movie, and my very first Iranian movie even. I was reluctant going into it, but it's safe to say that my expectations were subverted.
This movie is an interesting character study as well as a cautionary tale about lies and half-truths. Farhadi did a wonderful job with the film and the actors deserve kudos for their realistic performances. In particular, I noticed that the children really seemed scared when they should have been and the adults later begin to show definite signs of stress. It was hard to tell that they were really acting-as if Farhadi actually did something to the actress playing Elly! Despite my loving the acting and direction, I thought the… -
Asghar Farhadi is really master of cinema, This movie proves that you don't need a big budget, special effects, killer soundtrack. Nice build up to the climax Terrific and surreal acting, good cinematography and a great storyline.. I really enjoyed watching it and will definitely watch it again.
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A bitter ending is better than an endless bitterness.
God damn, this is art. Take a bow again Asghar Farhidi, this is just the second film of his filmography I've seen after The separation and have to say both are absolute masterpiece.... There's this one set piece of almost 25-30 mins and those who have seen knows what I'm talking about is just top tier filmmaking.. The chaos, horror, anxiety, confusion and top of all that cinematography which was creating more tension with each passing second with the moving camera, it looked like I'm watching again a Safdie brothers classic movie... A story about three families, and one of the leading female in them Sepideh played remarkably by Golshifteh Farahani…
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About Elly taught me a lot about why I must always seek to widen the net when it comes to appreciating cinema.
Perhaps it's only, for me, natural to be reluctant to approach a genre of film, or a nation's film output sometimes. It still seems daunting to me if such things have been showered with awards and accolades from highbrow publications and societies, because I'm always fearful that I won't quite have the ability to appreciate the films as much as I always really want to. Or even by people with a highly respected standing right here on this very site.
Yet over the last year or so I've become less experimental with what I watch and have stuck…
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Golshifteh Farahani is the most beautiful person I've ever seen.
A bitter ending is better than an endless bitterness.
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🌟Day 1 of Asghar Farhadi Appreciation Week🌟
"Innocent" white lies never had more devastating consequences.
Nutshell: About Elly is about a young teacher who joins three middle-class families on a weekend beach vacation. Before she's able to get properly acquainted with a potential suitor (who also tagged along), Elly goes missing.
This is a perfect film to me. Not perfect in the sense that it's somehow objectively flawless. By "perfect" I mean that I find it overall sublime, I think that it expertly accomplishes everything that it sets out to do, and I personally wouldn't change a single thing about it.
About Elly is a film that I will present to anyone who may be curious about why Asghar Farhadi…
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Wow. This is a great film.
Farhadi kept evolving with every new film he made. He still uses a divorce in the film, but that divorce is transformed into a subtext this time in order to apply his own Antonioni-esque plot in a very similar physical setting: the sea, which vastness hides a bloodcurling amount of incomprehensible secrets.
And then again, if we compare both films, we'll realize we are with entirely different universes, and perhaps aren't comparable at all. Truth to be told however, Antonioni's film was a character study of alienation, the disappearance of the character creates a new unspoken attraction between two new leads and becomes a metaphor of the disappearance of the life priorities of oneself's…
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