About Elly

About Elly

2009•1h 59m•7.5/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.5/10(536)

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.

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Dreamlab

Language

FA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Golshifteh Farahani

Golshifteh Farahani

Sepideh

Shahab Hosseini

Shahab Hosseini

Ahmad

Payman Maadi

Payman Maadi

Peyman

Merila Zarei

Merila Zarei

Shohreh

Ahmad Mehranfar

Ahmad Mehranfar

Manoochehr

Mani Haghighi

Mani Haghighi

Amir

Rana Azadivar

Rana Azadivar

Naazi

Taraneh Alidoosti

Taraneh Alidoosti

Elly

Saber Abar

Saber Abar

Alireza

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