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Inner City (2016)

Inner City (2016)

Drama Romance
Release Date: 2016, November 12
Directors: Ilgar Safat
Countries: Azerbaijan
Production: Azerbaijanfilm
Cast: Mekhriban Zeki, Firdovsi Atakishiyev, Elmira Shabanova, Hadjimurad Yegizarov, Anar, Rafiz Mehdizadeh, Murad Mamedov, Leyla Akhundova, Inna Imranova, Zemfira Aghabeyova

Overview:

"At some point," Rafael tells Arzu, "people walk together ... and then their ways part ... each destined to follow the labyrinth of their own inner city ..." Arzu, a young girl growing up in contemporary Azerbaijan, falls in love with Rafael, her piano teacher's son, a veteran of the Karabakh War. Twice her age and unable to escape from the ravages of war, Rafael is forced to live on the edge of a society that sees him as a 'cripple.' Arzu, desperate to escape from the same repressive society which confines women to a strict, narrow path, chooses Rafael over her family and friends - but threatened by Arzu's mother, and guided by the wisdom born out of his own brokenness, Rafael makes the supreme sacrifice of love ...