Foreign Movie Review: ABOUT ELLY (2016) AA

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Very interesting and unusual movie.  Very well acted and directed. It was created by the Iranian Academy Award winning director (Asghar Farhadi) who also directed  A SEPARATION.  I have been told that the group that makes these movies are not really part of the Iranian regular population.  They live in a separate part of the country and live under much less control of the Mullahs. 

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With the return of their close friend Ahmad from Germany, a group of former college pals decide to reunite for a weekend outing by the Caspian Sea. The fun starts right away as they quickly catch on to the plan of lively Sepideh, who has brought along Elly, her daughter's kindergarten teacher, in hopes of setting her up with recently divorced Ahmad. But seemingly trivial lies, which start accumulating from the moment the group arrives at the seashore, suddenly swing round and come back full force when one afternoon Elly suddenly vanishes. Her mysterious disappearance sets in motion a series of deceptions and revelations that threaten to shatter everything they hold dear.