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FILM · 2009 · IR

Darbareye Elly

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  1. #001

    During the charades scene, the actors genuinely did not know the correct answer and actually guessed the words during the scene.

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  2. #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.

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  3. #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.

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  4. #004

    Darbareye Elly was Iran's official submission for the Foreign Language Film category at the 81st Academy Awards (2009).

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  5. #005

    This was Golshifteh Farahani's last film shot in Iran, following Ridley Scott's Body of Lies (2008).

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  6. #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.

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  7. #007

    Darbareye Elly was the first Asghar Farhadi film officially submitted by Iran to the Academy.

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  8. #008

    Darbareye Elly is Asghar Farhadi's fourth feature film.

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