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The Dead: 21st Century

2016 · 142 min

A slow-burning, wryly bleak moral fable that shifts from city con to village hope, leaving a lingering unease.

Directed by: Tair Imanov
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Valeh Karimov, Tair Imanov, Elnar Garayev

Overview: One of the main characters, a professional fraudster, Nasrulla Sheykhov cannot be satisfied with the petty frauds he commits in the city. Greed for money makes him do even worse things. Going to a village, he promises to solve the social problems of the people there, so that later he can implement his cunning idea. After seeing the improvement in the village, all of Nasrullah's plans are in vain. Despite this, the fraudster does not stand still and resorts to an even more disgusting trick. That's where the real adventure begins...

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Directed by: Tair Imanov
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Valeh Karimov, Tair Imanov, Elnar Garayev

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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: greed
deception
class
corruption
redemption
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	5
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Tair Imanov
Written by: Mutallim Hasanov, Anar Ömərov, Tair Imanov, Alakbar Aliyev
Starring: Valeh Karimov, Tair Imanov, Elnar Garayev, Izzet Baghirov, Tahmina Mammadova, Rovshan Karimdukht, Jabir Imanov, Bahram Bagirzadeh
Music: Faig Sujaddinov
Cinematography: Ziyad Aliyev, Saulius Lukoševičius
Runtime: 142 min
Country: Azerbaijan
Languages: Azerbaijani

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