Can One Forgive Him?

While returning to Leningrad from a visit to his brother, Professor Artyom's car breaks down and he finds assistance at an isolated farmhouse occupied by Alexey, his wife, a Vietnamese laborer, and a stranger who wanders around the farm. When his car is repaired, Artyom leaves, drunk on moonshine, and students Valera and Angelika arriv...

Runtime

1h 29m

Director

Aleksei Balabanov

Cast

Agniya Kuznetsova, Aleksey Poluyan, Leonid Gromov

Film exposes the corruption and the decadence of the late Soviet bureaucracy in Azerbaijan SSR through the eyes of a naive Azerbaijani adult man, Hatem.

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Vagif Mustafayev

Cast

Mamuka Kikaleishvili, Mamuka Kikaleyshvili, Hasanagha Turabov

War breaks out in the Caucasus. 75-year-old Maria loses her son in the war. She and her daughter-in-law Sofia have been living in the Caucasus for 12 years. When famine strikes, they want to move to Russia. The women decide that they must go to Moscow. Maria takes her little dog and Sofia her small suitcase, gets on the train and sets ...

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Farid Gumbatov

Cast

Ada Rohovtseva, Lyubov Tolkalina, Andrey Chernyshov

In Soviet Azerbaijan, a divorced Armenian couple fights over the custody of their daughter, Ashen. Stolen from one parent to another, Ashen's guardians are tragically killed in the bloody war surrounding them. Will the arrival of a new savior finally bring Ashen freedom? Official selection of the Global Lens Collection presented by the...

Runtime

1h 30m

Cast

Armine Anda

Young Ruslan rows for a team coached by his father Ali, who places many demands upon his son and is continually dissatisfied by his performance. But when tragedy strikes, his father is overcome with emotions he doesn’t know how to deal with. Debut director Asif Rustamov treats the heavy topic with remarkable subtlety and discretion, em...

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Asif Rustamov

Cast

Namig Aghayev, Mekhriban Zeki, Aleksandra Andreyevska