The 40th Parallel

Aug 2, 2016

1h 32m

★ 0.0

Overview

The anthology consists of 4 short feature films: "Postscriptum", "His Father", "The Gift" and "The Black Garden".

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Azerbaijanfilm

Azerbaijan Republic Ministry of Culture

The 40th Parallel Trailers

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Cast

Elxan (“Qara bağ” segmentı)

Elkhan Yunis

baba (“Qara bağ” segmentı)

Vidadi Aliyev

Rasim (“Qara bağ” segmentı)

Rasim Jafar

həkim / Jozef (“Qara bağ” / “Postskriptum” segmentləri)

Ayshad Mammadov

rejissor (“Qara bağ” segmentı)

Məzahir Həşimov

nəvə (“Qara bağ” segmentı)

Soltan Əlizadə

nənə (“Qara bağ” segmentı)

Svetlana Əliyeva

Rasimin həyat yoldaşı (“Qara bağ” segmentı)

Sabina Mammadova

tv aparıcısı (“Qara bağ” segmentı)

Lala Azertash

(“Hədiyyə” segmentı)

Ilaha Hasanova

(“Hədiyyə” segmentı)

Gorgud Jafar

Sərdar (“Hədiyyə”/ “Onun atası” segmentləri)

Shamil Suleymanli

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