Reviews of About Elly
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-VAHID-
24Feb10
it is great movie with great shots and well directing that shows Iranian new middle class crowd and their problems.it’s movie about humanity and human responses in the difficult situations that always do not lead us to do right thing . it’s movie about lies that with a lie starts and continues with more lies that make situation more complex. it’s kind of movies that we see rarely in Iran cinema history and i think it makes a new wave in Iranian movies beside it has great screenplay and great cast that makes it one of the greatest Iranian movies in history to watch !!!!
- Currently 5.0/5 Stars.
Thorsten
3Jun09
Great film. In the beginning it’s a joyful multi person piece, with everybody talking, with overlapping dialogue in an almost Altman-esque way. People are teasing one another and burst out into song and dance just like that. These people, this part of iranian society sure is modern and open. Is it not? When Elly suddenly disappears from the beach house, everybody starts to talk about her, and like in a very slow crescendo her reputation as an honorable woman is suddenly gone. There they are again, the mullahs and their perceptions about the female, even in this modern middle class crowd. Plus the film manages to be a mystery story as well, because you never know what really happend to her, and enough wrong trails are laid out. This is Asghar Farhadis 4th film, it will make you want to see the other three.
- Currently 4.0/5 Stars.