The Contact

Apr 23, 1990

1h 29m

★ 4.2

Overview

In search of housing, a student stumbles upon an advertisement for renting an apartment at a very reasonable fee—and promptly agrees with a woman who recently laid her son to rest, complying with all her conditions. The young man settles into the apartment and gradually becomes a witness to inexplicable mystical phenomena.

Genres

Science Fiction

Mystery

Production Companies

Azerbaijanfilm

Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan SSR

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Cast

Student

Ilgar Hasanov

Psychiatrist

Rafig Aliyev

The Woman

Aliya Aliyeva

Dazbash

Fikrat Mammadov

Old Man

Niyazi Badalov

Student (voice)

Parviz Baghirov

The Woman (voice)

Najiba Huseynova

Psychiatrist (voice)

Eldaniz Rasulov

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