
Good Bye, Southern City
Drama
Overview
The film takes place in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku at the end of the 1980s. At this time, the Soviet Union was starting to fall apart, and with this came the start of a number of ethnic conflicts. Fariz and his family move into a Baku apartment block from war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh. Fariz's relations with his new neighbors are strained by his accusations that it was people like them who failed to support the Azeris in their conflict with ethnic Armenians. The only one who stands up to him is Alik, who acts as peacemaker between him and the older inhabitants of the building. Alik has no reservations about brandishing his gun in order to keep the peace. One day, the apartment managers want to evict a number of musicians who have been squatting in the basement. Alik gets involved, but soon discovers the situation is more complicated that he first believed.
Top Cast


Timur Bazinskiy
Timur Bazinskiy
Alik
Timur Bazinskiy
Alik


Mekhriban Zeki
Mekhriban Zeki
Maya
Mekhriban Zeki
Maya


Fuad Poladov
Fuad Poladov
Fariz
Fuad Poladov
Fariz


Fakhraddin Manafov
Fakhraddin Manafov
Rza
Fakhraddin Manafov
Rza


Rafik Aliyev
Rafik Aliyev
Nazim
Rafik Aliyev
Nazim


Kamal Khudaverdiyev
Kamal Khudaverdiyev
İsmayıl dayı
Kamal Khudaverdiyev
İsmayıl dayı


Sanubar Isgandarli
Sanubar Isgandarli
bacı
Sanubar Isgandarli
bacı


Elmira Shabanova
Elmira Shabanova
Xanımana
Elmira Shabanova
Xanımana
Shamil Suleymanli
Shamil Suleymanli
inspektor
Shamil Suleymanli
inspektor


Hadji Ismailov
Hadji Ismailov
MİS müdiri
Hadji Ismailov
MİS müdiri
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