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Seventeen Years Old Boy

1986 · 82 min

A solemn, slow-burning wartime portrait that feels earnest and educational, with moments of tension but little spectacle.

Overview
The film is about the hero of the Soviet Union, chechenian Khanpasha Nuradilov.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 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
  • survival
  • identity
  • family
  • betrayal
Places
  • military
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, history, tv movie
Directed by
Rufat Shabanov
Written by
Faig Aghamaliyev, Vakha Matiyev
Starring
Said Pitsiyev, Natavan Mammadova, Isfandiyar Guliyev, Shahmar Alakbarov, Svetlana Seleznyova, Nikolai Barmin, Sanya Solodukhin, Lyudmila Petrova
Cinematography
Arif Narimanbekov
Runtime
82 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Azerbaijani, Russian

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