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The Swing of the Coffin Maker

2012 · 30 min

A raw, painful plunge into grief and cruelty, watching a broken man and his disabled son in a bleak, suffocating world.

Directed by
Elmar Imanov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Shamil Suleymanli, Rasim Jafar, Gurban Ismailov
Overview
Azerbaijan. Yagub has nothing left but beats his disabled son Musa until a shattering message brings about a sudden turn.

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Directed by
Elmar Imanov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Shamil Suleymanli, Rasim Jafar, Gurban Ismailov
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • trauma
  • isolation
  • guilt
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
Elmar Imanov
Starring
Shamil Suleymanli, Rasim Jafar, Gurban Ismailov, Elmar Imanov, Zulfiyya Gurbanova
Cinematography
Driss Azhari
Runtime
30 min
Country
Azerbaijan, Germany
Languages
Azerbaijani

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