Golshifteh Farahani, star of Asghar Farhadi's About Elly, again proves to be one of world cinema's rising stars, playing the woman who grows more confident as she reveals more of her secrets to her husband, gets advice from her unconventional aunt, deals with marauders and becomes involved with
a stammering young soldier.
«When I look back on my life,» he reflects in our January issue, «I see a sheltered Jewish child, a rebellious
young adult, a revolutionary, a
soldier, a
stammering, helpless immigrant, and many, many, other things.