About Elly (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray Details
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: August 25, 2015
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: Cinema Guild
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Peyman Moaadi, Marila Zare'i, Mani Haghighi, Golshifteh Farahani & Taraneh Alidoosti | |
Directed by | Asghar Farhadi | |
Screenwriting by | Asghar Farhadi |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3.5/4 --
It is perhaps Farhadi's richest, most complex and ambitious.
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Boston Globe
[I]t's evident that Farhadi is potentially the most powerful and individual voice operating within the Iranian film industry.
Sight and Sound
4 stars out of 5 -- [With a] shrewd, dispassionate eye for human foibles...[and] skill at directing complex ensemble performances.
Total Film
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Always, murmuring just beneath the surface, there's a political undercurrent to Farhadi's films, a gentle whisper of a critique aimed at the weight of Iran's combined cultural and political intransigence.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Rating: 3/4 --
It's an incisive portrait of a particular society, but it should resonate everywhere.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Rating: 3/4 --
There are no false notes anywhere in this cast of performers.
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Chicago Tribune
[An] unraveling web of secrets, a drama that takes on the urgency of a thriller as key pieces of information come to light...
A.V. Club
Product Description:
Writer/director Asghar Farhadi offers this revealing look at the Iranian middle class by examining how one simple lie can open up a Pandora's box of problems. In the wake of his failed marriage in Germany, Ahmad (Shahab Hosseini) returns to Tehran. With the holidays approaching, Ahmad's friend Sepideh (Golshifteh Farahani) organizes a weekend getaway to the Caspian Sea with a group of old college friends. But one member of the group sticks out like a sore thumb: she's a pretty kindergarten teacher named Elly (Taraneh Alidousti), and Sepideh thought she would be a perfect match for Ahmad. In order to rent a spacious beach house for the group to share, Sepideh told the elderly landlady that Ahmad and Elly were newlyweds. But the truth is Elly has never even met Ahmad, and she doesn't share a close bond with the rest of the friends. Strangely enough, on the very first night of the trip Elly naturally endears herself to the tight-knit group. The following day, however, Elly vanishes without a trace, sparking a frantic search that sours the festivities, and revealing the casual deceits that are shared amongst friends.
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- Sales Rank: 107,299
- UPC: 881164000965
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