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About Elly
Why this pick
Farhadi builds the same precise social tension from ordinary interactions, as a seaside gathering becomes charged with guilt, conflicting loyalties, and quietly devastating moral pressure.
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MOVIE2016 2h 5m IRN
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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The Hunt
Why this pick
This stark, emotionally bruising drama similarly tracks how suspicion spreads through a community, creating unbearable tension while refusing simple judgments about blame and consequence.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Wrongdoing upends the lives of married theater actors Rana and Emad, whose pursuit of the perpetrator leads him down a vengeful, ruinous path.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Shahab Hosseini
Emad Etesami
Taraneh Alidoosti
Rana Etesami
Babak Karimi
Babak
Maral Bani Adam
Kati
Farid Sajjadi Hosseini
The man
Sahra Asadollahi
Mina Sadati
Sanam
Mehdi Koushki
Siavash