The Family

January 1990, Baku. The Soviet Union hasn't collapsed yet. Around 300 thousand Azeri have been forsed out from their homes in Armenia and Daghlig Garabagh. Rallies of protest, political meetings spring up in Baku. The old patriarch, Ismail gathers under his roof distant relatives, people of different nationalities, beliefs, and ideas. The old man is tortured by everything happening around him: unrest in the city as well as discord and discarder in his own overpopulated apartment. All his efforts to preserve the family are in vain. People want to live separately. Former friends become bitter enemies because of the senseless aggression.

Cast

Hasanagha Turabov

as Ismail

Sayavush Karimi

as Teymur

Svetlana Metkina

as Alya

Rafik Aliyev

as Garik

Tahmina Mammadova

as Rana

Natalya Tagiyeva

as Sofiya Mikhaylovna

Mehriban Zaki

as Elmira

Fuad Poladov

as Mob Leader

Dzhakhangir Mekhdiev

as Rufat

Agil Guliyev

as Igor

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