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The Scoundrel

1989 · 90 min

A wry, slow-burning satire that lets you watch a naive man wander through a decaying bureaucracy, funny and quietly sad at once.

Directed by
Vagif Mustafayev
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Mamuka Kikaleishvili, Hasanagha Turabov, Yashar Nuri
Overview
Film exposes the corruption and the decadence of the late Soviet bureaucracy in Azerbaijan SSR through the eyes of a naive Azerbaijani adult man, Hatem.

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Directed by
Vagif Mustafayev
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Mamuka Kikaleishvili, Hasanagha Turabov, Yashar Nuri
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • power
  • class
  • identity
  • deception
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Vagif Mustafayev
Written by
Ramiz Fataliyev, Vagif Mustafayev
Starring
Mamuka Kikaleishvili, Hasanagha Turabov, Yashar Nuri, Larisa Borodina, Agagusein Kerimov, Hamlet Xanizadeh, Malik Dadashev, Zarnigyar Agakishiyeva
Music
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Cinematography
Aleksandr Ilkhovskiy
Runtime
90 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Azerbaijani, Russian

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