The Hostage

The Hostage (2005)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2005-01-01
  • User Rating: 5/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 32min
  • Language: Azərbaycan
  • Production Company: Azerbaijanfilm
  • Production Country: Azerbaijan
  • Director: Eldar Kuliyev
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Summary

During the late 1980s and early 1990s the Armenian minority in Nagorono-Karabakh attempted to break away from Azerbaijan, one of the former Soviet republics. Overnight these former neighbors became enemies, and simple village folk were suddenly made hostages in a complex power game. One of the Azerbaijani villages right on the border is home to the family of the peasant farmer Kerim, who has just been captured by the Armenians. The village council decides to take an Armenian in order to arrange a hostage exchange. They imprison the wounded man in the barn next to Kerim's house, where his wife and three children desperately await the husband's return. The captive from the other side of the border finds himself in exactly the same situation - he, too, has three children, he finds it hard to scrape a living together, he has never done anything to harm anyone and, like Kerim, he just wants to go back home. But life in Karabakh is far more complex now. Blood calls for blood.

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  • Gurban Ismailov

    as Armenian Hostage
  • Gular Nabiyeva

    as Sona
  • Mirsahib

    as
  • Vidadi Aliyev

    as Ali
  • Gulshad Bakhshiyeva

    as Maryam
  • Afag Bashirgizi

    as
  • Firangiz Babayeva

    as Neighbour
  • Ulvi Yusifov

    as Rovshan
  • Vafa Babayeva

    as Leyla
  • Emiliya Javidgizi

    as Rana
  • Ilgar Jahangirov

    as
  • Togrul Rza

    as
  • Ulviyya Abdullazadeh

    as
  • Rada Nasibova

    as
  • Adalat Abdulsamadov

    as
  • Intigam Soltan

    as Villager
Sound Asad Asadov Sound Designer
Directing Eldar Kuliyev Director
Editing Gulshan Salimova Editor
Writing Vagif Mammadov Script Editor
Lighting Mammadhuseyn Samadov Lighting Design
Art Mayis Aghabeyov Production Design
Art Ali Davudov Assistant Production Design
Writing Eldar Kuliyev Screenplay
Writing Natig Rasulzadeh Screenplay
Camera Rafig Guliyev Director of Photography
Production Khamiz Muradov Producer
Sound Rauf Aliyev Music Editor
Lighting Rasim Eyvazov Lighting Design
Lighting Akif Rahimov Lighting Design
Sound Sayavush Karimi Music
Costume & Make-Up Malahat Humbatova Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Elbrus Vahidov Makeup Artist

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