
The Family
Drama
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Hasanagha Turabov
Hasanagha Turabov
Ismail
Hasanagha Turabov
Ismail


Sayavush Karimi
Sayavush Karimi
Teymur
Sayavush Karimi
Teymur


Svetlana Metkina
Svetlana Metkina
Alya
Svetlana Metkina
Alya


Rafik Aliyev
Rafik Aliyev
Garik
Rafik Aliyev
Garik


Tahmina Mammadova
Tahmina Mammadova
Rana
Tahmina Mammadova
Rana


Natalya Bagirova
Natalya Bagirova
Sofiya Mikhaylovna
Natalya Bagirova
Sofiya Mikhaylovna


Mekhriban Zeki
Mekhriban Zeki
Elmira
Mekhriban Zeki
Elmira


Fuad Poladov
Fuad Poladov
Mob Leader
Fuad Poladov
Mob Leader


Dzhakhangir Mekhdiev
Dzhakhangir Mekhdiev
Rufat
Dzhakhangir Mekhdiev
Rufat


Agil Guliyev
Agil Guliyev
Igor
Agil Guliyev
Igor
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