Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Adam Bakri | ... | Ali Khan Shirvanshir | |
María Valverde | ... | Nino Kipiani | |
Mandy Patinkin | ... | Gregor Kipiani | |
Riccardo Scamarcio | ... | Malik Nakhararyan | |
Connie Nielsen | ... | Duchess Kipiani | |
Homayoun Ershadi | ... | Ali's Father | |
Assaad Bouab | ... | Ilyas | |
Halit Ergenç | ... | Fatali Khan Khoyski | |
Fakhraddin Manafov | ... | Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev | |
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Nigar Gulahmadova | ... | Sona Taghiyeva |
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Parviz Gurbanov | ... | Musa Naghiyev |
Numan Acar | ... | Seyid Mustafa | |
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Daniz Tacaddin | ... | Nino's Friend |
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Qurban Ismayilov | ... | Kasi Mullah |
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Khumar Salimova | ... | Nino's Friend |
Ali is an upper class Muslim man, whose family holds a great deal of power in Baku, Azerbaijan. At that time, before World War One, Azerbaijan was part of the Russian Empire. Nino, Ali's lover, is from neighboring Georgia and is Christian, but the two are deeply in love and elope to the countryside. The story follows the two, who get married, through World War One, which only sees some of Ali's friends sent off to war. After the Russians surrender, however, conflict comes to Baku. Ali fights the Bolsheviks with the Azerbaijani militia and Nino helps nurse wounded soldiers during the March Days massacre in Baku. Written by Sundance goer
Excellent movie, I really loved it very much! During the Russian Empire, Ali and Nino fall in love. Ali is a Muslim from Azerbaijan who lives in the oil-rich city of Baku, in the family's Shirvanshir Palace. Nino is a Georgian Orthodox Christian whose wealthy Kipiani family also lives in Baku.