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''About Elly'' ((ペルシア語:درباره الی), translit. ''Darbâreye 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. Farhadi won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival for the film. 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 directing. ''About Elly'' was Iran's official submission for the competition in the Foreign Film section at the 82nd Academy Awards. It competed against films such as ''Bist'', ''Tardid'', and ''Bipooli'' for Iran's submission in the Academy Awards. ==Plot== A group of middle-class Iranian friends travels to the shores of the Caspian Sea on a three-day 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 daughter's 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 won't be able to stay there after all. She suggests that they stay in a deserted beach-front villa instead. There would be no cellphone reception there and they would have to go to the old woman's house in order to make calls. Sepideh lies to the old woman about the relationship between Elly and Ahmad: she says they're married and are there for their honeymoon (referencing legal restrictions on unmarried couples traveling together in Iran). Elly is a little shy, but she begins to feel attracted to Ahmad, who also seems to have feelings for Elly. While on the trip she calls her mother and lies to her, saying that she's with her co-workers at a sea-side resort and that she wishes to go back to Tehran the following day, as planned. Sepideh, however, doesn't want her to leave and hides her luggage. One of the mothers asks Elly to watch the children playing in the sea. Later, Arash is found floating in the sea and Elly is nowhere to be seen. Arash is resuscitated, but the group doesn't know whether Elly has drowned or has just left for Tehran. The police are called to investigate, while the group continues to search for Elly. The members of the group soon start to blame each other for the series of events leading up to her disappearance and her initial coming on the trip. However, things are not as they seem, as it turns out that Sepideh has been lying about certain facts concerning Elly. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「About Elly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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