Silver Bear for Best Director, Berlin IFF 2009
Directed by: Asghar FARHADI
Year of production: 2009
Country: IRAN
Genre: drama, thriller
Length: 119 minutes
With the return of their friend Ahmad from Germany, a group of old 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…
Asghar FARHADI – Director
Asghar FARHADI – Scriptwriter
Hossein JAFARIAN – Cinematography
Hayedeh SAFIYARI – Editing
Hassan ZAHEDI – Sound
Music: “Song for Eli” Composed & Performed by Andrea BAUER
Mohammad-Reza DELPAK – Mix
Asghar FARHADI – Set Design
Golshifteh FARAHANI
Taraneh ALIDOUSTI
Shahab HOSSEINI
Merila ZAREI
Mani HAGHIGHI
Peyman MOADI
Rana AZADIVAR
Ahmad MEHRANFAR
