About Elly
Jun 06 2009
•2h 59m
•Drama
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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Golshifteh Farahani
Sepideh
Shahab Hosseini
Ahmad
Payman Maadi
Peyman
Merila Zarei
Shohreh
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