"About Elly" ("Darbareye Elly")(2009) is a an Iranian Film directed by Asghar Farhadi, who is also the writer of the screenplay and the producer. I saw the film on tv yesterday and couldn't breath for awhile. The film is a drama. I didn't see it all on purpose cause it affected me so much.
The element i want to write about is again the sound. The film illustrates the power of the sound very well.
In the beginning of the movie a kid disappears in the sea which creates an enormous kaos and fear. People (relatives and friends) jump into the sea and run around so that they could find him. Finally they manage to save him but as soon as they think he has been saved and ok they realize that one of the women who has also been looking for the boy is missing. This is how the kaos, fear, stress, sadness stays in the scene and throughout the movie. All these negative feelings, the heavy mood have been illustrated very intensely. During the scene the audience hears the sound of the wavy sea very laud and constantly. This very dominant sound is not pleasant. It is scary, strong, wild. It makes you realize that you are so tiny and weak and the sea can swallow you, it is dangerous, it is wild. This is is not the same sea any more where you go to swim to relax and have fun on your holidays. This sound makes the viewer so nervous. You get scared and distracted at the same time. You wanna stop the sound for a second for a tiny bit of relief. But neither you nor the characters can do that. The missing girl couldn't be found till the end of the film. Therefore the nervous and sad mood stays till the end of the film as well as the sound of the wild gray sea.
I find the film very strong. It motivates me to learn more about Iranian cinema. I higly recommend.
Hope to write about another Iranian film soon.
Love,
Şeyda
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it was a great movie, i should say as a person who watched it all despite the nervous feeling it gave:) in addition to your point i liked the mystery in the movie. they were trying to find the missing girl but at the same time they were learning about the girl, combining bits of information, getting surprised by the new facts and so on. In that sense it reminded me of the detective movies where someone gets killed in a hotel etc. and the detective tries to find the killer who is one of the guests. However, I think this was more innovative. I loved it!
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