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

Rafik Aliyev

The Woman

Aliya Aliyeva

Dazbash

Fikret Mamedov

Old Man

Niyazi Badalov

A mystical detective story set in the realm of Moscow art scene. Psychedelic trip through different places, characters and strategies in the search for the Author, covering mythology of Moscow art from the period of 1980-2010. The movie is based on the 'Inspection Medical Hermeneutics' group's text of the same name and on the historical research performed by the authors of the film. Production was an experiment in collective film making experience.

10.0

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6.7

Sisters

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6.8

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5.1

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7.1

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7.2

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10.0

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5.5

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2.8

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10.0

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3.3

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0.0

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5.6

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0.0

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6.6

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7.0

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7.8

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