Short film
The Grass Snake
2009 · 19 min
A stark, claustrophobic descent into rivalry and resentment, where blindness becomes a metaphor for human isolation and moral decay.
- Directed by
- Elmaddin Aliyev, Khayyam Abdullazadeh
- Genres
- Drama, Horror
- Starring
- Ilgar Jahangirov, Idris Rustamov, Kazim Abdullayev
- Overview
- The film tells the story of two blind men who stand on the side of a road between oil wells and beg, and the conflict between them. The young blind man, who was born blind, sees the old blind man, who later lost his sight, as his rival. Each blind man represents a large crowd in himself.
- How it feels
- Bleak, tense, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Isolation, obsession, identity, power
- Content
- Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Elmaddin Aliyev, Khayyam Abdullazadeh
- Genres
- Drama, Horror
- Starring
- Ilgar Jahangirov, Idris Rustamov, Kazim Abdullayev
