About Elly

About Elly Persian , translit.Darbreye Eli is a 2009 Iranian psychological drama film directed by Asghar Farhadi. It is the fourth film by Farhadi. The film is about the relationships between some middle class families in Iran.

A group of middleclass Iranian friends travels to the shores of the Caspian Sea on a threeday vacation. They are former classmates at the law faculty of the university. There are three couples Sepideh and her husband Amir, who have a young daughter Shohreh and her husband Peyman, who have two young children, including a son, Arash and Lastly, Nazy and her husband Manuchehr. The trip is planned by Sepideh, who brings along her daughters kindergarten teacher, Elly, in order to introduce her to Ahmad, a divorced friend, visiting from Germany.They all go to a seaside mansion that Sepideh has booked, but the woman in charge tells them that the owners are due to return the next day, so they wont be able to stay there after all. She suggests that they stay in a deserted beachfront villa instead. There would be no cellphone reception there and they would have to go to the old womans house in order to make calls. Sepideh lies to the old woman about the relationship between Elly and Ahmad she says theyre married and are there for their honeymoon referencing legal restrictions on unmarried couples traveling together in Iran. ........

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