About Elly

Asghar Farhadi : 2009
Darbareye Elly

After having spent many years in Germany, Ahmad returns to his native Iran for a holiday. His friends from his student days organise a three-day break on the Caspian Sea. One of the party, a fun-loving woman named Sepideh, also invites a young woman named Elly, a nursery school teacher at her daughter's kindergarten. Ahmad has just emerged from an unhappy marriage and is now divorced from his German wife. He would very much like to begin a new life with an Iranian woman. His friends are aware of his desire and it gradually dawns on them that this is why Sepideh has asked Elly to accompany them on their trip. They all begin to lavish their attentions on Elly, singing her praises unequivocally. But then, on the second day of their holiday, something happens and Elly disappears. The friends begin to agonise about Elly's disappearance, bringing to an abrupt end the sense of harmony that once pervaded their get-together. Eventually, they blame Sepideh for having invited Elly in the first place and ruining their holiday. During the course of just two days, their opinion of Elly has turned about face. Until, on the last day of their holiday, the truth about Elly emerges.