While some ponder which forthcoming films will actually deliver, there’s at least one guaranteed knock-out arriving in 2015. Asghar Farhadi — who is behind one of the decade’s best films thus far, A Separation — finished and premiered About Elly back in 2009, but thanks to Cinema Guild it’ll finally be arriving to U.S. shores this year. Following a group of friends who unite for a weekend getaway and things go awry when one of their new acquaintances goes missing, we now have the U.S. trailer and poster.
Naming it one of the best 2015 films we’ve already seen, we said, “A few years before A Separation left its considerable mark on the world-cinema landscape, Asghar Farhadi had another masterpiece under his belt. Why it’s been unavailable in the United States for some six years is a total mystery, but that (courtesy of Cinema Guild) has finally been taken care of — and now, at long last, here is About Elly. For fitting the mold of mystery, hangout movie, social critique, and gender-dynamics drama with equal aplomb, this film is the clearest example of Farhadi’s considerable powers. Its 2009 tag be damned, About Elly is likely to be one of the best “new” releases you’ll see this year.”
Featuring Golshifteh Farahani, Taraneh Alidoosti, Mani Haghighi, Merila Zarei, Peyman Moaadi, and Shahab Hosseini, check out the new trailer and poster below, thanks to The Playlist.
With the return of their friend Ahmad from Germany, a group of old college pals (two married couples and a brother and sister, along with three young kids) 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 Elly disappears in a troubling incident.
About Elly hits U.S. theaters on April 8th, specifically at NYC’s Film Forum.