About Elly (2009)
“Darbareye Elly”
Drama Mystery
A group of middle-class Iranians, former classmates at the law faculty of the university, go to the Caspian Sea for a three-day vacation: Sepideh, her husband Amir and their young daughter; Shohreh, her husband Peymān and their two children, including their son Arash and Nāzy and her husband Manuchehr. Sepideh, who planned the trip, brings along her daughter’s kindergarten teacher, Elly, in order to introduce her to Ahmad, a divorced friend visiting from Germany.
At the seaside mansion that Sepideh has booked the woman in charge tells them the owners will return the next day and suggests that they stay instead in a deserted beach-front villa. Sepideh lies to the old woman about the relationship between Elly and Ahmad: she says they’re married and on their honeymoon…
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Writers: Asghar Farhadi, Azad Jafarian
Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Merila Zare’i, Mani Haghighi
►Cast:
Golshifteh Farahani | … | Sepideh |
Shahab Hosseini | … | Ahmad |
Taraneh Alidoosti | … | Elly |
Merila Zare’i | … | Shohreh |
Mani Haghighi | … | Amir |
Payman Maadi | … | Peyman |
Ra’na Azadivar | … | Naazi |
Ahmad Mehranfar | … | Manoochehr |
Saber Abar | … | Alireza |
Amin Salahloo | … | Kamal |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia