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The Contact

1990 · 89 min

A slow, dreamlike drift through strange rooms and stranger visions, unsettling and quietly philosophical, rewarding patience with unease.

Directed by
Kahangir Zeynalli
Genres
Science fiction, Mystery
Starring
Ilgar Hasanov, Rafik Aliyev, Aliya Aliyeva
Overview
In search of housing, a student stumbles upon an advertisement for renting an apartment at a very reasonable fee—and promptly agrees with a woman who recently laid her son to rest, complying with all her conditions. The young man settles into the apartment and gradually becomes a witness to inexplicable mystical phenomena.

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Directed by
Kahangir Zeynalli
Genres
Science fiction, Mystery
Starring
Ilgar Hasanov, Rafik Aliyev, Aliya Aliyeva
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • grief
  • madness
  • mystery
  • identity
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror4
Humour1
Realism3
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
science fiction, mystery
Directed by
Kahangir Zeynalli
Written by
Anar Rzayev
Starring
Ilgar Hasanov, Rafik Aliyev, Aliya Aliyeva, Fikret Mamedov, Niyazi Badalov
Cinematography
Kanan Mammadov
Runtime
89 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Azerbaijani

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