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The Fisherman's Daughter

2020 · 87 min

A quiet, sorrowful plunge into village superstition and a daughter's stubborn hope, heavy with salt air and grief.

Directed by: Ismail Safarali
Genres: Drama
Starring: Hamail Gasanova, Gunesh Mehdizadeh, Vusal Azizov

Overview: In a tiny Azerbaijani fishing village young Sarah's father disappears at sea. Misfortunes abound until the superstitious inhabitants demand a funeral. Rebellious Sarah undertakes one last, and deadly, attempt to find her father.

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Directed by: Ismail Safarali
Genres: Drama
Starring: Hamail Gasanova, Gunesh Mehdizadeh, Vusal Azizov

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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
family
isolation
faith
survival
Places: small town
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Ismail Safarali
Written by: Rustam Mamedov, Mariya Zelinskaya, Ismail Safarali
Starring: Hamail Gasanova, Gunesh Mehdizadeh, Vusal Azizov, Rasim Jafar, Farid Aslanov, Elnur Nadzhafov, Gurban Ismailov, Makhir Dervish
Cinematography: Shandor Berkeshi
Runtime: 87 min
Country: Azerbaijan, Russia
Languages: Azerbaijani

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