About Elly (2009)

7.9TV-PG119 minDirector: Asghar Farhadi

2009 Iranian film

About Elly (Persian: درباره الی, translit. Darbāre-ye Eli) is a 2009 Iranian drama film. The fourth film by filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, the film examines middle class relationships in Iran.

It received universal acclaim. Farhadi won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was also nominated for 10 awards at the 27th Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran where Farhadi won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Director. About Elly was Iran's official submission for the competition in the Foreign Film section at the 82nd Academy Awards.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is About Elly about?
About Elly (2009) — A group of former classmates of a University with their families plans to go for a picnic to the Caspian seashore where Sepideh, the organizer of the trip, invites Elly who is the Kindergarten teacher of her child to meet her other friend, Ahmad, returned from Germany. Elly hesit
Is About Elly based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is About Elly scary?
Content rating: TV-PG. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.