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The Window of Sadness

1986 · 127 min

A slow, sorrowful drift through memory and village life, heavy with injustice and quiet longing.

Directed by
Anar Rzayev
Genres
Drama
Overview
Film about growing up in a small village in Azerbaijan.
How it feels
Melancholic, earnest, satirical and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Memory, class, power, gender
Content
Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
Anar Rzayev
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Anar Rzayev
Written by
Anar Rzayev
Starring
Hasanagha Turabov, Elmira Shabanova, Ilham Safarov, Ruslan Nasirov, Hasan Mammadov, Shukufa Yusupova, Vagif Ibrahimoghlu, Leyla Shikhlinskaya
Cinematography
Hüseyn Mehdiyev
Runtime
127 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Azerbaijani

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