FILM · 2009 · IR
Darbareye Elly
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- #001
During the charades scene, the actors genuinely did not know the correct answer and actually guessed the words during the scene.
- #002
With $7 million in worldwide box office, Darbareye Elly is the second most successful Iranian film to date. The first is A Separation (2011), which grossed close to $20 million.
- #003
According to director Asghar Farhadi, the film was not accepted by a Japanese film festival because its portrayal of Iran was quite different from the idea most foreign (especially Western) people have of the country.
- #004
Darbareye Elly was Iran's official submission for the Foreign Language Film category at the 81st Academy Awards (2009).
- #005
This was Golshifteh Farahani's last film shot in Iran, following Ridley Scott's Body of Lies (2008).
- #006
To avoid disrupting the events, Farhadi did not include the name of the actor playing Elly's ex-boyfriend (Saber Abar) in the opening credits. The actor's name appears before the closing credits.
- #007
Darbareye Elly was the first Asghar Farhadi film officially submitted by Iran to the Academy.
- #008
Darbareye Elly is Asghar Farhadi's fourth feature film.
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