Ali And Nino
– Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. ..
Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country’s independence or for each other.
06 Oct 2016
English, Azerbaijani, Russian
Asif Kapadia
Christopher Hampton, Kurban Said (book)
Adam Bakri, María Valverde, Mandy Patinkin, Connie Nielsen
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.
IFC Films