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About Elly
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About Elly

Jun 6, 2009
1h 59m
★ 7.4

Overview

The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Dreamlab

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Cast

Golshifteh Farahani

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Shahab Hosseini

Ahmad

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Merila Zarei

Shohreh

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Ahmad Mehranfar

Manoochehr

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Rana Azadivar

Naazi

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Taraneh Alidoosti

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Alireza

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