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Apathy

2024 · 80 min

A grim, claustrophobic descent into poverty and moral decay, unfolding slowly with a quiet, mounting dread.

Directed by: Hikmet Rehimov
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Tural Bakhish, Shahla Aliqizi, Muhammad Shahmammadli

Tagline: Drowning is not the end
Overview: Akif's parents, Ahmet and Elnara, who grew up illiterate and without any profession, without love, took Akif out of school and were busy looking for a job for him. A poor family living in a poor house turn to Akif's drug addict uncle Azer, who is engaged in car repair, to provide him with a job. Moreover, Elnara's brother, Mansur, who works as a laborer, took refuge in this poor family so that he would be free from additional expenses. In the background of all this poverty and chaos, a murder occurs at home. The murdered person is hidden and is being searched for by both relatives and the police as a missing person.

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Directed by: Hikmet Rehimov
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Tural Bakhish, Shahla Aliqizi, Muhammad Shahmammadli

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
crime
family
survival
isolation
Places: home
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: crime, drama
Directed by: Hikmet Rehimov
Written by: Hikmet Rehimov
Starring: Tural Bakhish, Shahla Aliqizi, Muhammad Shahmammadli, Fuad Jabiyev, Azer Aydemir, Elshan Asgarov, Ilgara Tosova, Mubariz Guliyev
Music: Aflatun Abdullayev
Cinematography: Hasan Aslanov
Runtime: 80 min
Country: Azerbaijan
Languages: Azerbaijani, Russian

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