The Family

(1998)

★ 1 IMDb · 1 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1998

Runtime: 103 мин

Country: Azerbaijan, Russia

Director: Рустам Ибрагимбеков, Ramiz Həsənoğlu

Cast: Гасанага Турабов, Səyavuş Kərimi, Светлана Меткина, Рафик Алиев, Təhminə Məmmədova, Наталья Тагиева, Мехрибан Зеки, Фуад Поладов, Джахангир Мехдиев, Aqil Quliyev

Plot

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.