About Elly

By
Asghar Fhiradhi

English Transliteration
By
Kavi Kumaresan
& Kyoumars
INT. NORTH ROAD - DAY
The darkness is merged with the light through the opening of
the donation box. The sound of cars passing is heard from
inside the box. The box has been fixed on a smaller road,
sometimes we hear cars stopping, see them putting coins or
bills in the box and the cars continues on.
Title Card
The light opening in the donation box connects to the ray of
the light coming from the end of the tunnel.

Ahmed pulls down the glass and sticks his head out of the
window and screams so wildly that everyone laughs. Sepideh
also sticks out her head, screams and whistles. The tunnel is
filling with echoes of laughters, cars honking and whistles.
Morvarid at the side of Elly sticks her head out, their
sounds are echoed within the tunnel.
Amir notices Elly glancing at excited Ahmed through his rear
mirror. Amir witnesses the gazes between Elly and Ahmed.

INT. NORTH ROAD/SEPIDEH CAR - DAY

The car has approached the exit of the tunnel, Sepideh, Ahmed
and Morvarid are excited by the screaming and yelling.
SEPIDEH
That was fun, wasn't it?
ELLY
(to Morvarid)
Was it fun?
MORVARID
Yes, but now I need to pee
Everyone Laughs.
AMIR
Did you have to get so excited like
these crazy people?
SEPIDEH
Amir stop somewhere, so I can take
her to the toilet
AHMED
Doesn't your mother put you in a
diaper?
 2.

ELLY
(to Morvarid)
Say Im big now, I'm going to
kindergarten.
AHMED
Your father used to wear diapers
until university.
ELLY
(Imitating Morvarid)
Not!
AHMED
Ask him
MORVARID
Yes momma?
SEPIDEH
Even now I change diapers for amir
MORVARID
Why doesn't it smell then?
AMIR
(to Morvarid)
Because they just changed me baba.
Morvarid laughs.

ELLY
Ay baba we are just pulling your
legs, dear.
Amir's car accelerates to catch up with Manouchehr's car in
the front. Elly looks at the passengers on the roadside, who
have stopped and are having fun, as they are passing we see
something is in her mind, the camera is focused on her, it
ignores the words exchanged in the car.

EXT - GUEST HOUSE - DAY

The guest house is next to the river, surrounded by trees and
benches. crowds of passengers are sitting on the ground or
benches, having lunch or taking rest.
Cars have just arrived and everyone is getting off. Elly
takes morvarid to the washroom.
 3.

SEPIDEH
(to Morvarid)
Mama, Elly has come with us for a
few days to have fun, you should
not trouble her.
ELLY
No, no, no she's not troubling, I'm
just taking her to the washroom.
Elly and Morvarid start walking and leave. Sepideh and Naazi
look at them getting distant.
NAAZI
Very cute girl she is.
SEPIDEH
Oh, she is like the moon, let one
day pass with her, everyone will
fall in love with her.
Naazi continues to look at Elly distancing. Aurash and Anita
play near the riverside.
Shohreh takes a charcoal samovar from the boot of the car.
Payman takes out the tray and tea glasses.
Amir from another side comes close to payman.
AMIR
Payman you drive too fast.
PAYMAN
No, you drive slowly.
SHOHREH
Amir are you serious ?
AMIR
What?
PAYMAN
Ahmed and this girl.
AMIR
Is there something going on?
SHOHREH
Goo, as if you don't know.
AMIR
I swear to shohreh's life I don't
know anything.
 4.

PAYMAN
Ahmed was just living his life
peacefully, this is your wife, I
think they have planed a life for
her.
SHOHREH
(to support sepideh)
Maybe sepideh has commitment to
find a good girl for Ahmed.
Shoherh takes the samovar and vessels, walks toward the
benches.
AMIR
Ahmed, you donkey, what is the
story?
AHMED
(smirking)
Which story?
AMIR
Now which story,huh?
Ahmed who understood what amir is saying asks sepideh.
PAYMAN
Shame on you, you came all way from
Germany, came here to Iran to make
your life miserable?
SHOHREH
(to payman)
What's your problem? He wants marry
some girl.
PAYMAN
But once he gets it, I'm not sure
he would carry on with it.
AHMED
(nationalistic tone)
Only Iranian wife!
Payman sings Zan Irooni
SEPIDEH
Hey kids, he has come to this
gathering, if we are not taking
about anything else.
MANOOCHEHR
What else?
 5.

SEPIDEH
That we have brought her here to
meet Ahmed.
SHOHREH
(jokingly)
But Ahmed she is a nice girl.
AHMED
Swear in my life? Really?
SHOHREH
No, im telling you the truth of
course! She will look after you
PAYMAN
How did you find this in ten
minutes knowing her?
SHOHREH
Ay baba ofcouse it is obvious, once
we someone's face, isn't it Naazi?
Now all eyes are on Elly who is far away with the children.
NAAZI
She is not cheeky at all, she isn't
a snobbish person obviously.
AHMED
Okay till now I've got three votes
so far.
NAAZI
I said she is not snobbish, I don't
know about anything else. If
something happens tomorrow don't
put it on our shoulders.
SEPIDEH
Ahmed, wait until tomorrow morning,
maybe someone from this group will
find something wrong with her.
AMIR
But dear sepideh, don't bother him,
let him decide for himself.
PAYMAN
Sepideh, If among them you see a
nice one, keep one aside for
myself.
 6.

SEPIDEH
(to manouchehr)
Sorry manochehrkahn, give one on
his head on my behalf.
Manouchehr without any hesitation slaps on the back of
Paymans neck and everyone laughs.
NAAZI
(shocked)
manouchehr??
SHOHREH
It is okay...more power to my
elbow.
PAYMAN
Ahmed, have you seen, you're
brother in law has started joking
with me.
AHMED
I have brought someone in this trip
with me to give you a good lesson.
PAYMAN
Ohh..is it so?..sepideh does this
girl know Ahmed was married and his
wife got a divorce with big
difficulty? .... I have to put
everything on the floor..what was
her name?
(loudly)
Ahh...Mrs.Elly
SEPIDEH
Payman, for godsake, its bad, she
feels embarrassed.