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About Elly

2009 · 119 min

A slow-building, uncomfortable descent into lies and blame that keeps you tense and uneasy long after it ends.

Directed by: Asghar Farhadi
Genres: Drama
Starring: Taraneh Alidoosti, Golshifteh Farahani, Shahab Hosseini

Overview: 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.

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Directed by: Asghar Farhadi
Genres: Drama
Starring: Taraneh Alidoosti, Golshifteh Farahani, Shahab Hosseini

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
guilt
class
betrayal
grief
Places: sea
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	3
Tension	8
Darkness	7
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Asghar Farhadi
Written by: Asghar Farhadi
Starring: Taraneh Alidoosti, Golshifteh Farahani, Shahab Hosseini, Merila Zarei, Mani Haghighi, Payman Maadi, Rana Azadivar, Ahmad Mehranfar
Music: Andrea Bauer
Cinematography: Hossein Jafarian
Runtime: 119 min
Country: Iran
Languages: German, Persian

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