About Elly (2009)
Written & directed
by Asghar Farhadi this film stars Golshifteh Farahani, Taraneh
Alidoosti, Shahab Hosseini and Mani Haghighi. A group of middle class
university friends travel with their families to the coast bringing a
young woman to match make with one of their single friends.
I enjoyed this film a
lot more than A Separation (2011), the plot here is a great
exploration of social pressures and lies spiralling out of control.
The way the characters react to events breeds an interesting web of
lies, emotions and motives that makes the second half riveting
despite the low key direction. There are good performances from the
cast that bring a realism to the emotions.
5/5
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