Inner City

Inner City (2016)

TMDb

5.0

12/11/2016 • 2h 0m
original-title

İçəri Şəhər

status

Released

production-companies

Azerbaijanfilm

original-language

Azerbaijani

budget

-

revenue

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"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 ...

director
production-countries

Azerbaijan

spoken-languages

Azerbaijani

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