And There Was No Better Brother

Dec 31, 2011

1h 30m

★ 0.0

Overview

This story of two temperamentally different brothers takes place in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku during the 1970s. The elder brother Jalil is a married postal worker who keeps bees as a hobby. Younger brother Simurg is more adventurous by nature and capable of going after his goals, not just dreaming about them. Jalil has a recurring memory: once, when he was still a kid, his mother, pregnant with Simurg, took him to a women’s sauna. When both brothers fall in love for the same beautiful girl, their differences become apparent once again.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Miramar Film

Azerbaijanfilm

Ibrus

Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation

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Cast

Dilber

Nino Ninidze

Jalil

Sergey Puskepalis

Sumurg

Evgeny Tsyganov

Rufat Nazar

Elnur Gadirov

Hadji Ismailov

Leyla

Gulzar Gurbanova

Salman Bayramov

Elkhan Kuliyev

Shamil Suleymanli

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