Asghar Farhadi

About Elly

7.9

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.

Director: Asghar Farhadi
Main Cast: Golshifteh Farahani, Merila Zarei, Shahab Hosseini
Soundtrack: Andrea Bauer
Cinematography: Hossein Jafarian
Screenplay: Asghar Farhadi, Azad Jafarian

Cinema Premiere: September 14, 2012

What do English critics think?

English Reviews

2 english reviews of About Elly (2009)

1. The AV Club

9.1 / 10

This is clearly the work of a master in the making, an artist on the cusp of greatness. Farhadi may be fixated on fibbers, but there’s almost no one working today who makes films so emotionally honest.
- A. A. Dowd
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2. Hollywood Reporter

9 / 10

A taut, involving drama centered around the mysterious disappearance of a young woman, "About Elly" confirms director Asghar Farhadi as a major talent in Iranian cinema whose ability to chronicle the middle-class malaise of his society is practically unrivaled.
- Deborah Young
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