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Surayya

1987 · 79 min

A quiet, earnest Soviet drama of rural life and broken promises, unfolding with patient melancholy and a gentle focus on care and consequence.

Directed by
Tofig Ismailov
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Melahat Abbasova, Ulvi Mammadov, Yashar Nuri
Overview
Suraya, a young milkmaid from a remote mountain village, is searching for her fiancé Seifetdin in the city. She learns that he has long been married and has a son who lives with his elderly, sick grandfather, as Seifetdin is serving a sentence for hooliganism. Surya takes the boy to the village to care for him, but then Seifetdin's wife shows up...

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Directed by
Tofig Ismailov
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Melahat Abbasova, Ulvi Mammadov, Yashar Nuri
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • parenthood
  • isolation
  • family
  • redemption
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Tofig Ismailov
Written by
Akram Aylisli
Starring
Melahat Abbasova, Ulvi Mammadov, Yashar Nuri, Pyotr Glebov, Tofik Mirzoyev, Hadji Ismailov, Elmira Shabanova, Rza Khudiyev
Cinematography
Valeri Karimov
Runtime
79 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Azerbaijani, Russian

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