Wednesday 9 October 2019

Nabat (2014) - 105 min

Country: Azerbaijan
Directors: Elchin Musaoglu
Cast: Fatemah Motamed-Aria, Vidadi Aliyev, Sabir Mammadov & Farhad Israfilov.
Nabat lost her son in the war and her husband is sick who cannot move from his bed. She needs to travel a lot to sell cow milk for a living and day by day her fellow villagers go missing or abandon their homes without telling anybody.
It's a rare art film from Azerbaijan with less talk more walking. Most of the time, we travel with Nabat to search for abandon houses and other places. The best thing about the film is the cinematography and few mind-blowing shots literally fascinate any cameraman. Veteran Iranian actress, Fatemah Motamed-Aria underplay Nabat character with ease and care. It was selected as the Azerbaijani entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards. Overall, Nabat tells the simple story of an elderly peasant woman who is not willing to leave her homeland at any cost and only recommending to drama lovers because it's a pure drama material subject.
Verdict: Good

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