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All For The Best

1997 · 36 min

A wry, somber chamber piece where a bureaucratic mix-up forces strangers to confront the absurdity of war and belonging.

Directed by: Vagif Mustafayev
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Yashar Nuri, Eldaniz Zeynalov, Cahangir Aslanoglu

Overview: The events occur during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Because of a corpse in a zinc coffin with an arguable address, two families get excited. Having cut the lid off the coffin to identify the soldier, they find out that he is, in fact, Armenian - former citizen of Baku.

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Directed by: Vagif Mustafayev
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Yashar Nuri, Eldaniz Zeynalov, Cahangir Aslanoglu

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 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: war
identity
death
family
deception
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Humour	4
Realism	7
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Tension	5
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Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, comedy
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Starring: Yashar Nuri, Eldaniz Zeynalov, Cahangir Aslanoglu, Firudin Mehdiyev, Mukhtar Maniyev, Zarnigyar Agakishiyeva, Mukhtar Avsharov, Nuriya Akhmedova
Cinematography: Rafig Guliyev
Runtime: 36 min
Country: Azerbaijan
Languages: Azerbaijani, Russian

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